RHETOR 109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Medicalization, Henry Darger, Outsider Art
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Bizarre that these artists who have a community and are taught in the center are. A lot of the artists" works are labeled outsider artists. A sense of voyeurism some of their communications were cut short labeled outsider artists is (cid:498)outsider artist(cid:499) a euphemism for disability. Curator invokes argument that art is for art"s sake to defend his practices. An argument can be made that curation destroys the concept of the art itself. Process of selecting, grouping and framing adds additional meaning or even alters. Petra kuppers the meaning of art surrounding context? versus using their work to influence the inside. Even as we label artists as outsiders, we continue the tendency to exclude them. This discomfort: maintain the category of outsider art. Trying to remove artists from what they make when they say art for art"s sake. Curator taking full advantage of art without restriction, even contrary to the artist"s.
