swebopf.blogg.se - Outsider Art by Daniel Wojcik

court to providing material support to al-Qaeda

Haroon Rashid Aswat – British follower of extremist Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri pleaded guilty in U.S.

Edward Charles Allaway – American murderer committed California State University, Fullerton massacre in 1976.

Also, persons prior to the 20th century may have incomplete or speculative diagnoses of schizophrenia. Most of these listed have been diagnosed based on evidence in their own writings and contemporaneous accounts by those who knew them. Regarding posthumous diagnoses: only a few famous people are believed to have been affected by schizophrenia. Remember that schizophrenia is an illness that varies with severity. This is a list of people, living or dead, accompanied by verifiable source citations associating them with schizophrenia, either based on their own public statements, or (in the case of dead people only) reported contemporary or posthumous diagnoses of schizophrenia.

You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. With its detailed consideration of personal motivations, cultural milieu, and the potentially therapeutic aspects of art making, this volume provides a deeper understanding of the artistic impulse and human creativity.This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Additionally, Wojcik's study illustrates how vernacular traditions, religious worldviews, ethnic heritage, and popular culture have influenced such art. In some cases, trauma has triggered a creative transformation that has helped artists confront otherwise overwhelming life events. This wide-ranging investigation of the art and lives of those labeled outsiders focuses on the ways that personal tragedies and suffering have inspired the art-making process. Daniel Wojcik's interdisciplinary study challenges prevailing assumptions about the idiosyncratic status of outsider artists. The book examines the history and primary issues of the field as well as explores the intersection between culture and individual creativity that is at the very heart of outsider art definitions and debates. Outsider Art: Visionary Worlds and Trauma provides a comprehensive guide through the contested terrain of outsider art and the related domains of art brut, visionary art, "art of the insane," and folk art. As an expression of raw creativity, outsider art remains associated with self-taught visionaries, psychiatric patients, trance mediums, eccentric outcasts, and unschooled artistic geniuses who create things outside of mainstream artistic trends and styles.

Overview: Outsider art has exploded onto the international art scene, gaining widespread attention for its startling originality and visual power. Outsider Art: Visionary Worlds and Trauma by Daniel Wojcik