outsider art
Thursday, 4. May 2006, 07:34:49
You don't have to be mad to be an artist, but it may well help. Outsider art - or "art brut" to use the term of Jean Dubuffet who was the pioneer collecter of the stuff, scouring lunatic asylums for artistic outpourings - has always intrigued me. Not surprising, being a semi-professional artist (i.e. I sometimes get paid) and an amateur loony (i.e. I do it in my spare time and at the state's expense). An exhibition at London's Whitechapel Gallery brings together a collection of such art and displays it alongside that of "real" artists such as Miró and Kandinsky (who happen to be two of my C20th favourites). Looks worth checking out.
Gallery here: and detailed review here
Image of painting by Henry J. Darger, displayed at the Whitechapel, here:
Gallery here: and detailed review here
Image of painting by Henry J. Darger, displayed at the Whitechapel, here:
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