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The author of this website has been drawing as
a form of meditation since early childhood, but only began
saving and publicizing his work in 2003. He obtained a BS in
electrical engineering in 2002 and an MBA in finance in 2007,
but considers himself an artist above any other
label. |
The term "Art Brut" was originally coined to
describe Wölfli's work, whose rigid symmetry and mezmorizing
attention to detail is a common characteristic of outsider
art. |
A reclusive janitor whose work was only
discovered hidden amongst the clutter of his modest apartment
after his death in 1973, Darger's "Story of the Vivienne
Girls" is perhaps the best known example of genuine
outsider art. |
A little known fact
is that Dali was a prmarily self-taught artist. He
reluctantly attended an arts academy for a brief period in 1926 -
after he had already been painting or sixteen years - but was quickly
expelled, claiming "no one in the faculty was competent enough
to examine me." |
