Outsider Art is a name for the often mesmerizing creations of those who live and work at a distance from prevailing notions about mainstream artistic trends, individuals who are frequently unaware of themselves as artists or their works as art. This book presents and discusses some of the 20th century's most significant examples of Outsider Art. artists from around the world, including Gedewon, a cleric from Ethiopia who made unique and psychedelic talismans; William Hawkins, an African-American self-taught artist with a ...
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Outsider Art is a name for the often mesmerizing creations of those who live and work at a distance from prevailing notions about mainstream artistic trends, individuals who are frequently unaware of themselves as artists or their works as art. This book presents and discusses some of the 20th century's most significant examples of Outsider Art. artists from around the world, including Gedewon, a cleric from Ethiopia who made unique and psychedelic talismans; William Hawkins, an African-American self-taught artist with a unique pop sensibility; the Mexican artist Martin Ramirez, creator of large-scale works that tell tales of mestizo life; Nek Chand Saini, whose Rock Garden in India is a leading visionary site; Hung Tung, whose colourful scrolls reflect both traditional Taiwanese culture and fantastic imagination; former Navajo medicine man Charlie Willeto, carver of raw, expressionistic figures and animals; Anna Zemankova, Czech maker of dreamy, biomorphic drawings, perhaps done in a trance or mediumistic state; and Italian artist Carlo Zinelli, whose bold graphic compositions display incredible patterns and energy. of international Outsider Art and demonstrates the importance of place and time - as well as internal genius - in these artists' creative processes.
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Color illustrations. Fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) 156pp. ISBN 0300101732 This strikingly beautiful book presents and discusses some of the twentieth century's most significant examples of Outsider Art. Published for the exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, 31 October 2003 to 29 August 2004.
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As new in shrinkwrap. Black cloth with color illustrated dust jacket, xi, 156 pp. 92 color illus. "The cultural history of the twentieth-century United States may be seen broadly as a series of struggles toward inclusion and full participation for immigrants, women, African-Americans, Latinos, gays, lesbian, and transgendered people, among others...Nowhere is this more evident than in the field of Outsider Art."-foreward. Exhibit included American AND international pieces.
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Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket, full number line, tight, bright, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, slight edge curl on dust jacket, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
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Like New. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; Inscribed and signed (first name only) by editor Annie Carlano on title page in blue ink, new looking text, tight clean unmarked with bright white pages, no creases, no slant, 1st print (full # line), Fine condition.
