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World of Art Outsider Art Spontaneous Alternatives

Door Colin Rhodes

Categorie
Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer
#382183-UD9
Titel
World of Art Outsider Art Spontaneous Alternatives
Auteur
Rhodes, Colin
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Thames & Hudson
Jaar van uitgave
2000
ISBN10
0500203342
ISBN13
9780500203347
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in colour, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Outsider Art is the work produced outside the mainstream of modern western art by self-taught, untrained visionaries, spiritualists, eccentric recluses, folk artists, psychiatric patients, criminals and others beyond the margins of society and the art market. Coined in 1972, the term in English derived from Jean Dubuffet's 'Art Brut' - literally 'raw art', 'uncooked' by culture, unaffected by fashion, unmoved by 'artistic standards'.
In this book Colin Rhodes surveys the history and reception of Outsider Art - first championed by Dubuffet and the Surrealists, now appreciated by a very wide public - while providing fresh critical insights into the achievements of both major figures and newly discovered artists. From spirit-guided Madge Gill to schizophrenic Adolph Wölfli, these indivi
... (Lees verder)duals passionately and obsessively pursue the pictorial expression of their vision.
Pagina's
224
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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