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The artist outsider
creativity and the boundaries of culture
By Hall, Michael N. & Cardinal, Roger
- ISBN
- 978-1-56098-335-4
- Publisher
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1994.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1994
Though "Outsider Art'' has its roots in the Romantic Movement in 19th-century Europe, the term itself was coined 20 years ago to refer to works created by the insane; it has since been broadened to include the unlikely bedfellows of folk, avant-garde, primitive, and modern art. Although ostensibly covering the same topic, these two offerings have little in common. American Self-Taught , by the authors of American Primitive ( LJ 12/88), is a glossy art book presented in a popular style. Each artist--chosen, the authors unabashedly admit, because he or she has ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
