15 Sept 1972 Jahr - “Outsider Art”

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Roots lie in early 20th century psychiatry. Initially, there was the case of Adolf Wolfli, a patient who produced thousands of abstract artpieces from his cell in a Swiss asylum. Dr Hans Prinzhorn would later collect thousands of works by psychiatric patients over the years; his book “Bildernerei der Geisteskranken” (Artistry of the Mentally Ill), published in 1922, became an influential work amongst Surrealists and other artists of the time.

Jean Dubuffet formed the Compagnie de Art Brut (Company of Raw Art) in 1948 for the purposes of gathering works of extraordinary individuality and innovation by creators with minimal external influences and little to no concept of art beyond their own, bearing no resemblance to contemporary trends.

“Art Brut” (Raw Art) was so named because it is “uncooked” or untempered by cultural/artistic influences. Seen as creation at its simplest- a psychic flow from brain to surface.

Influential figures in outsider art from the late 20th century onwards include the fibre artist Judith Scott, who had Down syndrome and was deaf; Dwight Mackintosh, who was cognitively disabled and began drawing after his release from years of confinement in psychiatric hospitals; and Roy Wenzel, an autistic Dutch artist who developed a distinctive approach to colour and visual narrative.

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