outsider art

British  

noun

1. art produced by untutored artists working by themselves and for themselves

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Other Word Forms

• outsider artist noun

Example Sentences

Together, they make an outsider art kaleidoscope, offering a quick glimpse into our fellow city dwellers’ minds.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2025

And now we find ourselves wrangling again: Is art outside always outsider art?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Buoyed by an inheritance, she establishes a gallery focused on outsider art in an old-school shopping center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2023

This is the fair’s 30th anniversary; it has been a tremendous success and all things concerning outsider art seem to be in motion, but is it simply going to be absorbed by the mainstream?

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

It recalls good midcentury illustration — artists like Alice and Martin Provensen and Heinz Edelmann — with hints of outsider art.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021