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outsider art

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

How has Southern outsider art influenced your artwork, from sculpture to your recent books of photography?

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

In a recent email interview, writing from his studio in Tokyo, Murakami noted that as a university student, “I became aware of outsider art when I saw an exhibition at the Setagaya Art Museum.”

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021

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