Meaning of outsider art | Babel Free

Definitions

Art by untrained artists, outside of the institutional mainstream.

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Examples

“Outsider Art is increasingly recognized as a representation of the purest and most direct form of artistic creation.”

“The concepts of raw art and outsider art were typical of a time when oppositional politics still infused artistic and academic discourses.”

“Inherent in all artistic activity, these dialogical mechanisms become particularly striking in outsider art and can serve as a basis for fighting stigma.”

“The principal problem with Outsider Art is the most obvious: it is so often so bad.”

“Outsider art could not be stopped. Once its greatness — and its market potential — was understood, the insider art world opened the flood gates and here we are.”

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