Revelations: Alabama's Visionary Folk Artists - Hardcover

Kemp, Kathy; Boyer, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1881548074 ISBN 13: 9781881548072

Publisher: Crane Hill Publishers, 1994

Synopsis

The term "Visionary" has also been used to describe many of these artists. Some of these visionaries project specific visions about the future of mankind. These visions can be idealistic or presented as warnings of the apocalypse to come. Others create from internal inspiration or "visions", religious or non-religious in nature. From these visions, they create unique works of art that can create a visceral connection with the observer. raw art" or "rough art"), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by insane-asylum inmates.[1] While Dubuffet's term is quite specific, the English term "outsider art" is often applied more broadly, to include certain self-taught or Naïve art makers who were never institutionalized. Typically, those labeled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. In many cases, their work is discovered only after their deaths. Often, outsider art illustrates extreme mental states, unconventional ideas, or elaborate fantasy worlds. Outsider art has emerged as a successful art marketing category (an annual Outsider Art Fair has taken place in New York since 1993). The term is sometimes misapplied as a catch-all marketing label for art created by people outside the mainstream "art world," regardless of their circumstances or the content of their work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crane Hill Publishers
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1881548074
• ISBN 13: 9781881548072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224