Anonymous Outsider Art Anatomy of Madonna 1990’s
When I lived in the Lower East Side in New York in the 1990’s, I would see a man on the sidewalk near my home, selling these great photo collages lasered copies. I bought a few throughout the years, and these are the last. He sold them as you see them.
I have only two left. They measure 11 x 17 inches and are signed, but I cannot recall the name of the artist. These prints are nearly 30 years and in mint conditon. I do recall he was very anti establishment, hence the idea of shownig these to an art gallery would be sacrilegious.
Asking USD$225 each. / SIGNED.
What is Outsider Art:
Outsider Art is art by self-taught or naïve art makers. 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.
The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut (French: [aʁ bʁyt], “raw art” or “rough art”), a label created by French artistJean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by those on the outside of the established art scene, using as examples psychiatric hospital patients and children.
Outsider art has emerged as a successful art marketing category; an annual Outsider Art Fair has taken place in New York since 1993, and there are at least two regularly published journals dedicated to the subject. The term is sometimes misapplied as a catch-all marketing label for art created by people who are outside the mainstream “art world” or “art gallery system”, regardless of their circumstances or the content of their work. A more specific term, “outsider music“, was later adapted for musicians.