Outsider art
Parent categories: outsider - art
Related: art brut - outsider architecture
The Sleeping Gypsy (1897) - Henri Rousseau (le Douanier) (4 ft 3 in x 6 ft 7 in, Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Definition
Outsider Art was a term coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for Art Brut (which literally translates as "Raw Art" or "Rough Art"), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on the art of the insane. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_art [Feb 2004]see also: primitive
Naïve art
Naïve art is created by untrained artists. It is characterized by simplicity and a lack of the elements or qualities found in the art of formally trained artists. (See also, outsider art, with which it bears many similarities.)
The term naïve art presumes the existence (by contrast) of an academy and of a generally accepted educated manner of art creation, most often painting. In practice, however, there are schools of naïve artists. Over time it has become an acceptable style.
The characteristics of naïve art are an awkward relationship to the formal qualities of painting; for example, difficulties with drawing and perspective that result in a charmingly awkward and often refreshing vision; strong use of pattern, unrefined colour, and simplicity rather than subtlety are all supposed markers of naive art. It has become such a popular and recognisable style that many examples could be called pseudo-naïve.
Primitive art is another term often applied to the art of those without formal training. This is distinguished from the self-conscious movement primitivism. Another term related to, but not completely synonymous with, naïve art, is folk art. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFve_art [Mar 2006]
Noah's Ark (1846) - Edward Hicks
Noah's Ark (1846) - Edward Hicks
Edward Hicks (1780-1849) was a folk and naïve (primitive) artist and devout Quaker (member of the Religious Society of Friends). --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Hicks [Mar 2006]
See also: animals - 1846 - USA
The Misfits: A Study of Sexual Outsiders (1988) - Colin Wilson
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The Outsider (1956) - Colin Wilson
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