Outsider art : from the margins to the marketplace / David Maclagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maclagan, David, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outsider art--History.

Outsider art.

Outsider artists--Psychology.

Outsider artists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The term outsider art has been used to describe work produced exterior to the mainstream of modern art by certain self-taught visionaries, spiritualists, eccentrics, recluses, psychiatric patients, criminals, and others beyond the perceived margins of soc

Contents:

Outsider Art Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1: Art Brut and the Search for the Source of Creative Originality; 2: Outsider Art and the Creative Role of Collecting; 3: Art Brut and the Classic Period of Psychotic Art; 4: Psychotic Art Today and Outsider Art; 5: Doodling and Other Forms of Automatism; 6: The Problematic Introduction of Outsider Art into the Wider Art World; Conclusion; References; Artists' Biographies; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612796029

9781282796027

128279602X

9781861897176

1861897170

OCLC:

671655162