Exploring the Arts: Outsider Art
The term “outsider art” comprises drawings, paintings, sculpture, and architecture created by artists without formal training. It’s like folk art, except that folk art comes out of a community, whereas outsider art comes out of an individual psyche. Outsider artists are almost always socially isolated and often mentally ill. Yet they are somehow able to create amazing works of art. To supplement our discussion, we'll look at a variety of images, and Steve Schroer will share his story of an up-close-and-personal encounter with the art of Henry Darger.
Image: Henry Darger, Untitled (Sacred Heart) (detail), n.d., The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist's estate in honor of Klaus Biesenbach. Source: Cooke Lynne et al. Outliers and American Vanguard Art. National Gallery of Art; The University of Chicago Press 2018; p. 120.
- Date:
- Tuesday, September 20, 2022
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:30pm
- Location:
- Margaret Rivers B
- Library:
- Stillwater Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Crafts and Hobbies Entertainment Lifelong Learning
Steve Schroer is a former professor who has taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota, Concordia University, Cardinal Stritch University, and Northwestern Health Sciences University. His favorite film in the noir genre is Double Indemnity.
