The underworld: outsider artists and the reformulation of Australian art

Abstract

This project aims to produce an understanding of outsider artists, their lives, their histories, and the socio-historic context in which they made their work. “Outsider artists” includes artists experiencing incarceration, disability, mental illness and other forms of marginalisation. Integration of their work will lead to a deeper understanding of mainstream art in Australia to paint a richer, more complex picture of the history of Australian art. The project will alter the perspective of arts policy and agencies, and of Australian artists themselves.

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Outsider Art in Australia: Artists' Voices versus Art-world Mythologies

Anthony White, Anna Parlane, Grace McQuilten, Charles Green

2019-01-01