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Interest in the art of the mentally ill, along with that of children and the makers of "peasant art", developed from the end of the 19th century onward, both by psychiatrists such as Cesare Lombroso, Auguste Marie or Marcel Réjà, and by artists, such as members of "Der Blaue Reiter" group: Wassily Kandinsky, August Macke, Franz Marc, Alexej von Jawlensky, and others.
His father, who was an Outsider Art artist himself, taught Markus in his early years how to use these tools to make objects. [1] But while the father built items like motorbikes in as realistic a fashion as possible, the son created his pieces with great, free spirit. [ 2 ]
Outsider artists are artists with little or no contact with the mainstream art world. They are frequently on the margins of society: for example, slaves, prisoners, and the mentally ill . Their creative output is referred to as Outsider Art .
From a 22-ton mechanical planetarium to gardens and grottos made with creative love, here are five outsider-art installations to visit in Wisconsin.
This list, of art makers who are considered Outsider artists, includes self-taught, visionary art and naïve art makers known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature such as drawings, paintings, sculptures, and visionary environments. The entries are in alphabetical order by surname.
The Outsider Art Fair was founded in New York in 1993 by Sanford L. Smith as a way to help outsider artists exhibit and showcase their work.. In 2013, the fair was bought by the art dealer Andrew Edlin through the company Wide Open Arts, LLC. [2]
Influenced by Hans Prinzhorn's book Artistry of the Mentally Ill, Dubuffet coined the term art brut (meaning "raw art", often referred to as 'outsider art') for art produced by non-professionals working outside aesthetic norms, such as art by psychiatric patients, prisoners, and children. Dubuffet felt that the simple life of the everyday human ...
Since his art was introduced into the art market in 1973, Ramírez's drawings and collages have become some of the most highly valued examples of outsider art. In January 2007, the American Folk Art Museum in New York City opened "Martín Ramírez," the largest retrospective of the artist's work in the United States in more than 20 years. The ...