In 1912 Paul Klee declared that the art of the mentally ill, as well as the art of children, "really should be taken far more seriously than are the collections of all our art museums if we truly intend to reform today's art." What Klee found most fascinating and instructive about the art of "outsiders"--those self-taught individuals, sometimes mentally disturbed, who create while isolated from mainstream culture--was the sincerity, depth, and power of their un-adulterated, unmediated expressions. Parallel Visions, an ...
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In 1912 Paul Klee declared that the art of the mentally ill, as well as the art of children, "really should be taken far more seriously than are the collections of all our art museums if we truly intend to reform today's art." What Klee found most fascinating and instructive about the art of "outsiders"--those self-taught individuals, sometimes mentally disturbed, who create while isolated from mainstream culture--was the sincerity, depth, and power of their un-adulterated, unmediated expressions. Parallel Visions, an exhibition and catalogue organized and produced by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, reveals the considerable influence that outsider art has had on the development of twentieth-century art. The work of such "marginalized" artists and compulsive visionaries as Antonin Artaud, Ferdinand Cheval, Henry Darger, Howard Finster, Madge Gill, Martin Ram!rez, P. M. Wentworth, Adolf Wlfli, and Joseph Yoakum is juxtaposed with the work of devotees of outsider art among modern artists. Essays by the curators of the exhibition, Maurice Tuchman and Carol S. Eliel, and by other commentators offer a history of this phenomenon as well as an exploration of issues crucial to the formation of our aesthetic and critical judgments and our notions of creativity. In addition to the curators, the contributors include Russell Bowman, Roger Cardinal, Barbara Freeman, Sander L. Gilman, Mark Gisbourne, Reinhold Heller, John M. MacGregor, Donald Preziosi, Allen Weiss, Jonathan Williams, and Sarah Wilson.
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Very good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. pp 334. Original publisher's illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. The artwork reproduced in this volume, originally part of an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, explores the 20th-century phenomenon of "outsider" art-works of art created by self-taught individuals, sometimes emotionally disturbed, who are isolated from mainstream culture. Signed presentation from the editor, Maurice Tuchman on the title page, " For lovely Carde and Dynamite Sam, with many thanks for an unforgettable evening, yours, Maurice-London 11 Feb. '93." ISBN: 0875871658 Slight rubbing, otherwise near fine.
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Fine. 0691000395. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. The work of such "marginalized" artists and compulsive visionaries as Antonin Artaud, Ferdinand Cheval, Henry Darger, Howard Finster, Madge Gill, Martin Ramirez, P. M. Wentworth, Adolf Wolfli, and Joseph Yoakum is juxtaposed with the work of devotees of outsider art among modern artists. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, October 18, 1992-January 3, 1993.; Tight, clean and crisp. No inscriptions. Not ex-library. In excellent condition. As New.; 4to; 334 pages.
