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OUTSIDER ART
Outsider art art art is art art art by self-taught or naïve art art art art makers Typically those labeled as outsider artists have little or or or no contact with the the mainstream art art art world or or or or art art art institutions In many cases their their work is is discovered only after their their deaths Often outsider art illustrates extreme mental states unconventional ideas or or or elaborate fantasy worlds The term outsider art art was coined by art art critic Roger Cardinal in in in 1972 as as an English synonym for art art art brut (French “raw art” art” or or “rough art”) a a a a a a a a a a label created by French French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art art art created outside the boundaries of o official culture Outsider art art has emerged as as a a a a a a a a a a a a successful art art marketing category an an an- nual Outsider Art Fair has taken place in in in New York since 1993 and there are at at least two regularly published journals dedicat- ed ed ed ed to the subject The term is is is sometimes misapplied as a a a a a a a a a a catch-all marketing label for art art art created by people who are outside the the mainstream “art “art world” or or or “art “art gallery system” regardless of of their their circumstances or or the the the content of of their their work David David Carson Carson - Ray Gun Magazine David David Carson Carson