...Whenever Elizabeth Layton found herself labeled a ‘self-taught artist,’ she would offer two corrections. First, she had attended one art course (when she was 68 at a college near her hometown in Kansas) and was, therefore, not ‘self-taught.’ Second, she didn't much like the label of ‘artist’ either because of the baggage, attitudes and expectations it carries. Instead, she described herself simply as ‘a housewife and a drawer of pictures.’
This ‘drawer’ and these ‘pictures’ have attracted critical and popular attention. One-person exhibits of Layton’s quirky self-portraits, which are sometimes humorous and sometimes devastating, have now been in nearly 250 art museums from coast to coast in the US. More important to her, however, was that the drawing process allowed her to cure a depression she had battled for half her life. The drawings and the story behind them prompted one art critic to write, ‘Considering her background, I am tempted to call Layton a genius.’
This unique book presents works that until now have only been seen in private collections or museum vaults. Works by well known outsider artists and new discoveries express their personal interpretations of sexual desire and activity.
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Downloadable PDF version of the "Texts, Time and Listings" section of the Outsider Art Sourcebook featuring key texts, timeline and bibliography on Outsider Art as well as listings for Galleries, Studios, Websites & Organizations.
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Downloadable PDF version of the Environment section of the Outsider Art Sourcebook featuring 60 visionary environments from around the world. PREVIEW HERE
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This is a downloadable (PDF) version of the large Artists section of our renowned Outsider Art Sourcebook. Nearly 200 artists - fully responsive - biographies, references, images