Description
[Seminar] In 1972 art historian Roger Cardinal coined the term “outsider art” to describe certain forms of extreme untutored art. In essence a creation of art historians, art critics and collectors, the term outsider art has since become a catch-all phrase used to describe and categorize everything that is ostensibly raw, untutored and irrational in the visual arts. Once the hobby of a few collectors, outsider art has, in recent years, achieved a remarkable status within the mainstream art world with its canon of “classic” artists and their works, dealers, landmark exhibitions and museums. Precisely what outsider art is no one can say for sure, since there are no real aesthetic criteria or guidelines one can use to evaluate it. Taking full advantage of local outsider art and key monuments in the region, this seminar will examine all of these issues and more.