Tag: Outsider/Folk Art
By making his reflexive bodily movements the sole source as well as the transcriber of his ideas, Anastasi mobilized the concept of know-how, or techne. . . . His drawing practice helped him reconcile two emerging identities: one as a dedicated, ambitious artist and the other as an untrained amateur Conceptualist.
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago
Curated by Fahim Majeed
Reviewed by Elaine Y. Yau
Today, there is an increasing call for change to the art historical framework; for dissolution of the insider/outsider duality and the integration and institutional sanctioning of art by outsiders. In this context, what are the challenges and opportunities implicit in rediscovering one of the so-called lost or dispossessed artists of art history?