Raw creation : outsider art and beyond / John Maizels

Introduction / Roger Cardinal -- 1. A developing awareness -- 2. The phenomenon of Adolf Wolfli -- 3. Dubuffet and Art Brut -- 4. The artists of the Collection de l'Art Brut -- 5. Outsider Art and Europe -- 6. Art from the clinic at Gugging -- 7. Art Brut and the US -- 8. Contemporary folk art in the US -- 9. Marginal art: Neuve Invention and Art Singulier -- 10. Beyond definition -- 11. Towards a world art -- 12. The Habitants-paysagistes in France -- 13. Preservation and loss in the US -- 14. Inspired sophisticates -- 15. Wonders of the world -- Postscript: Outsider Art and the future -- Appendix 1 Museums and collections -- Appendix 2 Organizations -- Appendix 3 Environments.

Traces history of Art Brut from Adolf Wolfli to American folk artists.

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