Tag Archives: Outsider Art

Tutorial Notes – 1966

The article I was given to read a couple of weeks ago (I have since discovered, from Hall Foster, R. K., Bois, D. J. A-Y., Buchloh, H. D, (2012) Art Since 1900 Thames & Hudson, London) was about the year … Continue reading

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Japanese Outsider Art

A while back I was introduced to the field of Outsider Art at college, a concept which fascinates me as it connects the notion of creativity and mental health with the idea that everyone has creativity within them. The Wellcome … Continue reading

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Tutorial Notes on Outsider Art

After talking further about Outsider Art in our tutorial I came up with some observations about what a lot of this so-called ‘outsider’ artwork has in common: Paintings tend to lack any sense of negative space (i.e. they are often … Continue reading

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Outsider Art – what is it?

Definition – Outsider Art The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for Art Brut, or ‘raw art’: art devoid of expectations, prior conceptions and influence from the modern art world. … Continue reading

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