Jerry Saltz on the Outsider Art Fair and Why There’s No Such Thing As ‘Outsider’ Art

Jerry Saltz on the Outsider Art Fair

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Why There’s No Such Thing As ‘Outsider’ Art

This article talks about outsider art, which is art produced by self-taught artists who have had little or no contact within the art world or institutions. It mentions that MoMa (Museum of Modern Art) and other museums have refused to show outsider art. The reason why it was discriminated is because the artist had to be prepared and have experience in the art world, and those artists were labeled as untrained or disturbed. MoMa and other museums even separated insider and outsider art. However, many believe that it was time to put that type of art on display, and that type of discrimination should be gone in order to give outsiders and opportunity for the audience to take a look at their works. That is why the Outsider Art Fair has been around, for people to take a look at the outsider art.

This article can help people who are interested in art understand that they don’t necessarily need to have experience in art institutions in order to be creative and be successful, the audience can still learn to appreciate their works. There should not be discrimination based on whether an artist is trained or not, or has experience in the art world or not. Having training or experience in an art institution should not be the only way for the work to be appreciated to be put on display. The Outsider Art Fair has done a good job in putting on display the works of many outsider artists. People who are interested in art should also take give outsider artist a chance to have their works looked at and appreciated.