Aug 19 · · Outsider art is an umbrella term for artists who create art out of compulsion, rather than out of a desire to exhibit their art to the world. Historically, outsider artists have been those marginalised by society, due to mental illnesses including schizophrenia, or…

Jul 22, 2018 · · Outsider Art By MARTHA SCHWENDENERFEB. 11, 2011

I once asked an art dealer how he determined whether someone was an outsider artist, and he offered this criterion: anyone who called up and said he or she was an outsider artist was immediately disqualified. In his view, outsider artists don’t self-identify and they don’t operate telephones.…