The Invention of ›Outsider Art‹: Experiencing Practices of Othering in Contemporary Art Worlds in the...

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Marion Scherr

The Invention of ›Outsider Art‹

Experiencing Practices of Othering in Contemporary Art Worlds in the UK

Marion Scherr

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Transcript Verlag
13 January 2023

Art Treatments & Subjects

Series: Image

What does it mean to be called an ›Outsider‹? Marion Scherr investigates structural inequalities and the myth of the Other in Western art history, examining the role of ›Outsider Art‹ in contemporary art worlds in the UK. By shifting the focus from art world professionals to those labelled ›Outsider Artists‹, she counteracts one-sided representations of them being otherworldly, raw, and uninfluenced. Instead, the artists are introduced as multi-faceted individuals in constant exchange with their social environment, employing diverse strategies in dealing with their exclusion. The book reframes their voices and artworks as complex, serious and meaningful cultural contributions, and challenges their attested Otherness in favour of a more inclusive, all-encompassing understanding of art.

By: Marion Scherr
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9783837662504
ISBN 10: 3837662500
Series: Image
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 13 January 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marion Scherr, born in 1988, is an artist, art therapist and cultural anthropologist based in Berlin. She obtained her doctorate from Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg after spending several years working in charities and open ateliers for artists with disabilities and mental illnesses in the UK. Her research focuses on the discursive construction of a/normality, Othering processes and stigmatisation of artists experiencing marginalisation.

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The Invention of ›Outsider Art‹

Experiencing Practices of Othering in Contemporary Art Worlds in the UK

Marion Scherr

$90.95

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