What definition best describes an outsider artist?
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.
What were the three categories of art in Art Brut?
Jean Dubuffet saw fine art as dominated by academic training, which he referred to as ‘art culturel’ or cultural art. For Dubuffet, art brut − which included graffiti, and the work of the insane, prisoners, children, and primitive artists was the raw expression of a vision or emotions, untramelled by convention.
What is an example of folk art?
Examples include: weathervanes, old store signs and carved figures, itinerant portraits, carousel horses, fire buckets, painted game boards, cast iron doorstops and many other similar lines of highly collectible “whimsical” antiques.
Which of the following individuals coined the term outsider art?
Roger Cardinal
Why is process rather than sale important in contemporary art?
The general concept of contemporary art is to let the viewer consider, react, and respond to the art. Most artists do not create contemporary arts to sell it; they create it to see how people will react to it; that is why the process of making the artwork is much more important than the sale.
What is the common subject matter in contemporary art?
The favourite subjects in contemporary art are children ,women or the environment, such as the late artist Muffet Villegas Flora and Fauna. In some artworks, the subject matter is not easily recognized, If the artwork is an experiment on technique ,the subject matter is the technique itself.
What is the meaning of subject matter in art?
The term subjects in art refers to the main idea that is represented in the artwork. The subject in art is basically the essence of the piece. To determine subject matter in a particular piece of art, ask yourself: What is actually depicted in this artwork?