{"product_id":"raw-creation-outsider-art-and-beyond-9780714840093","title":"Raw Creation: Outsider Art and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe art of self-taught artists - including visionaries  folk creators  spiritualists  recluses  the mad and the socially marginalized - was once scorned by the art establishment. Among the first to value and collect such works was the French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-85)  who coined the term Art Brut  or raw art. He saw Art Brut as the purest form of creation because it was uncooked by culture  touched by a raw nerve and deriving directly from the psyche. Some 50 years later  a wave of enthusiasm for contemporary folk art has gripped countries as far apart as India and the United States. John Maizels ties these disparate strands together  providing an extensive survey of the self-taught art of the twentieth century.  Today a bewildering range of terminology has emerged  along with growing enthusiasm  for strains of creative expression outside the conventional art world. In Raw Creation  Maizels traces the history of the recognition and study of this art and examines different theories and definitions that have grown up around it. He provides detailed expositions of the work of individual artists ranging from such Art Brut masters as Adolf Wolfli and Aloise Corbaz  to such gifted American folk artists as Bill Traylor and Mose Tolliver. Devoting several chapters to large-scale visionary environments  Maizels takes a broad view  embracing Rodia towers in Watts  Los Angeles  the Palais Idal in the South of France and Nek Chands sculpture garden in north India.  Raw Creation provides an indispensable guide to self-taught art and a fascinating account of human creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280130302005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0714840092","price":77.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780714840093.jpg?v=1780622099","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/raw-creation-outsider-art-and-beyond-9780714840093","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}