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Originally intended to be an exact English translation of Art Brut or "raw art" - a concept formulated by Swiss artist Jean Dubuffet, the term Outsider Art has grown to encompass works that would not have been included under Dubuffet's stringent meaning of art untainted by cultural, societal and artistic influences.
Art Knowledge News 2008
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Lafferty's pieces created in his grandfather's barn are what the commercial world calls Outsider Art - art created by those who haven't been formally trained.
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Lafferty's pieces created in his grandfather's barn are what the commercial world calls Outsider Art - art created by those who haven't been formally trained.
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Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art (the publication is now a magazine called The Outsider).
Chicago Reader 2010
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