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What is outsider art called now?
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What outsider art is called now varies. Because artists who produce outsider art often lack formal training and rely on innate skill, some people refer to their work as visionary art, self-taught art, intuitive art, grassroots art and naïve art. Another term for outsider art is "art brut." French artist Jean Dubuffet introduced the phrase in the 1940s to describe art produced by artists outside the mainstream. Art brut translates literally to "raw art." Shop a wide variety of outsider art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024
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Outsider Art Mixed Media Collage Montage. 'Les Mots Exquis des Eskimos.'
By Armand Avril
Located in Cotignac, FR
Ousider Art mixed media montage titled 'Les Mots Exquis des Eskimos' ( The exquisite words of the Eskimos ) by French artist Armand Avril, signed, dated 2010 and titled to the revers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Plywood, Oil
ADVENTURE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas.
Original art by Daria Kusto.
Shipped well protected,
rolled in a tube, unframed from Spain.
Category
2010s Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rider, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jaime Ellsworth depicts a sturdy white stallion with its face out of frame. A girl with a red skirt—also obscured from perspective—stands on its ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
DANCING BIRD
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas.
Original art by Daria Kusto.
Shipped well protected,
rolled in a tube, unframed from Spain.
Category
2010s Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Palomino, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A brown horse with a white tail and mane dips its nose into a black bag dangling from its head. The name Palomino appears above, hinting at a story. Layers of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
MORNING BREAKFAST Mixed Media Collage, Abstract Black Family Collage with Paint
Located in Union City, NJ
MORNING BREAKFAST is an original mixed media collage on board by Brooklyn artist Karl A. McIntosh. MORNING BREAKFAST is a somewhat amusing, colorful abstract portrait portraying a black family seated together having breakfast. McIntosh shows his inventive use of collage using cut bits of colored paper in shades of red, brown, blue, pink, black. Visible are magazine print clippings for facial details, dishes, lettering layered with wildly expressive yellow, blue, green and white painted accents that create an energetic and rambunctious breakfast table scene. The viewer can't help but continue gazing at the frenzied movement and visual chatter going on in MORNING BREAKFAST, a captivating and irresistible painted collage by Karl A. McIntosh.
Framed size - 27.25 in. x 33.5 in.
Image size - 221.25 in. x 27.5 in.
Excellent condition, archival framing, beveled cherry wood colored frame with green and gold liner, hand signed by the artist "K.A.McIntosh" on upper left edge.
About the artist:
Karl A. McIntosh is a self taught artist who works is pastel, watercolor, acrylic, stone, wood and metal and is a known for his imaginative transformation of found objects into works of art. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, McIntosh moved to the United States at an early age and later took up art. Among his mentors are artist Otto Neals with whom he worked at the Bob Blackburn Printmaking Working Workshop and artist Marian Griffin. McIntosh is also a poet, drummer and dancer who draws his creative inspiration and expression from his study of African art and culture.
McIntosh’s bold, bright colors dance off the page and tantalize the senses. His work is profound in its statement and deliciously whimsical. His work is an honest portrayal of everyday life and the people who live it but on occasion, takes on public figures and world events most often employing satire as thick as the layers of paint or paper he uses to depict them.
McIntosh’s work has been exhibited at numerous venues across the country including Dorsey’s Art Gallery, The Skylight Gallery, MOCADA (The Museum of Contemporary Diasporan Art), 843 Studio Gallery, The National Black Fine Art...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Glue, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Board, Pencil