Outsider art

"The Poet's Eye" is the name of the upcoming Winter show of new works on paper by Germany's Alexandra Huber. Be prepared for a new sophistication and elegance. Large works, 25" x 29" are more involved that the usual 6" x 6" treats, and the bigger size gives the artist more room to explore her many layered references. They are highly successful images, chosen from a large portfolio, and the color is saturated and alluring. Human relationships and foibles are at their heart, and they present a…

As an exhibition of work by "accidental artists" opens in London, Izabella Scott goes in search of naive art from around the world.

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985).

Untitled, Italy, 1953, by Carlo Zinelli.

From Curiosity to Institution: The Outsider Art Fair at 25. This is primitive, unschooled, intuitively based art.

Many well known artists had formal training to learn how to paint or draw. Nowadays, there is a growing group of people expressing themselves creatively that is now called outside artists. This means this category of artists have no formal training that preceded creating their works of art that are now on display for public viewing and purchase. Craftwhack has compiled a list of contemporary outsider artists to check out. Learn more… #outsiderartists #artistswithouttraining…

Tony Fitzpatrick is one of the most amazing people I have ever met but do not know. I'm GLAD I don't know him. You see, Tony came to my house to visit over 15 years ago shortly after I had stopped drinking. Mr. Fitzpatrick was an artist and a damn good one, he still is. After ten years drunk I was a recently sober art collector. Tony won't remember this, he'll barely remember me...but at that time, after confessing I was sober for the first time in forever, he asked me the question of four…

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Outsider Folk Art Gallery | Home | Located in Reading, PA, We continue to enjoy the thrill of the hunt and learning about emerging artists, newly discovered art and old masters

These are the spirited women who communicate the unspeakable.

Misty Lindsey/M Lindsey..quote-Bukowski

Outsider art is having an "in" moment. It's a label given to self-taught, unconventional and often uncelebrated artists.

‘I don’t see my work as extreme. I don’t really believe in traditional definitions of beauty,’ says photographer Roger Ballen, who charts the deprivation and creativity in the lives of some of South Africa’s most shunned inhabitants

At 75, the self-taught painter is making his New York Art World debut