The Art of Madness

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Post by antigizmo » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 8:03 AM UTC

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Post by knewuser » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 9:23 AM UTC

The collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne Switzerland is still one of the most breathtaking exhibits I've ever seen. Features the works of Darger, Wolfi, Josome and many more.

https://www.artbrut.ch/en_GB/authors/the-collection-de-l-art...

Re: The Art of Madness

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Post by perl4ever » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 9:24 AM UTC

I clicked on this link thinking of Louis Wain and his cats. I was surprised to see most of the images looking generally similar to each other and unlike Wain's work. It makes me think maybe people looking for "outsider art" are looking for art that fits a narrow stereotype.

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Post by perl4ever » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 9:46 AM UTC

knewuser wrote: post #2

The collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne Switzerland is still one of the most breathtaking exhibits I've ever seen. Features the works of Darger, Wolfi, Josome and many more. https://www.artbrut.ch/en_GB/authors/the-collection-de-l-art...

Thank you for the link.

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 10:25 AM UTC

perl4ever wrote: post #3

I clicked on this link thinking of Louis Wain and his cats. I was surprised to see most of the images looking generally similar to each other and unlike Wain's work. It makes me think maybe people looking for "outsider art" are looking for art that fits a narrow stereotype.

This collection, and "outsider art" in general, seem to be about untrained, self-taught artists. Louis Wain was schizophrenic, but he studied at the West London School of Art and made a living as an artist for years.

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Post by the-dude » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 10:45 AM UTC

TempleOS

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Post by empath75 » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:11 PM UTC

The American visionary art museum in Baltimore is worth a visit if you like this sort of thing:

http://www.avam.org

Re: The Art of Madness

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Post by Jun8 » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 2:10 PM UTC

No discussion of Outside Art would be complete without mentioning Henry Darger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darger) and his uber-epic In the Realms of the Unreal, a "15,145-page, single-spaced fantasy manuscript". He lived almost all his life on 851 W. Webster Avenue in Chicago. If you're in Chicago you can also visit the INtuit Center of Outsider Art (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuit:_The_Center_for_Intuiti...) to see his work, in NYC the American Folk Art Museum has a center dedicated to him.

Or you can watch the documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRlvDKcDvsI, although I didn't find it do too much justice to him or his work.

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Post by vog » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 2:21 PM UTC

the-dude wrote: post #6

TempleOS

Fomerly, I viewed TempleOS as some kind of useless exercise.

But now I think this should be considered a piece of art.

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Post by scandox » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 2:58 PM UTC

Artistry of the mentally ill by Hans Prinzhorn is an incredible work of narrative art criticism. It changed my whole idea of what Art is.

The collection itself can be viewed in Heidelberg and is worth a visit if one is nearby.