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The expression "outsider artist" is so silly, and very reflective of the culture and mindset that engendered it. As if there were a normative "inside" that "rea
by GuiA 8y ago
The expression "outsider artist" is so silly, and very reflective of the culture and mindset that engendered it. As if there were a normative "inside" that "real artists" belong to, and that everything else is an anomaly of sorts. Following that definition to its logical conclusion, the overwhelming majority of artists who have lived on this planet have been "outsider artists".
Creating art is a fundamental aspect of the human condition, and this categorization serves no purpose except the ones of pompous art dealers and critics.
- piffey 8y agoYour comment is so pointed and concise that I expected it to be a formal quotation when it reached its end. The need to feel unique leads people into these camps of delusion. This delusion is up there with the fallacy that art can only come from suffering or that being destitute is a requirement for empathetic art.