The Beginner’s Guide to Outsider Art and Ableism

Is "outsider art" ableist? Let's study The Beginner's Guide, a video game made in 2015, to understand how a viewer's perception of an artist can change an artwork.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction: The Beginner's Guide to The Beginner's Guide
6:06 Chapter 1: A Brief History of Outsider Art
15:24 Chapter 2: A Critique of "Outsider Art" by a Disabled Person
20:45 Conclusion: Art Does NOT Give You Access to the Creator

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Amber ♥ & M.

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SOURCES:
- Artistry of the Mentally Ill by Hans Prinzhorn (1922)
- Outsider Art by Roger Cardinal (1972)
- Outsider Art and the Autistic Creator by Roger Cardinal (2009)
- Outsider Art: Visionary Worlds and Trauma by Daniel Wojcik (2016)
- Outside Looking In by Ian Patel (2012)
- Outsider Art Is A Lie by Adam Turl (2019)
- Public Domain Review: Hans Prinzhorn's Artistry of the Mentally Ill (2019)
- Raw Creation: Outsider Art and Beyond by John Maizels (1996)
- Ways of Seeing by John Berger (1972)

FEATURED ARTWORKS:
- The Beginner's Guide by Everything Unlimited Ltd., (2015)
- Henry Darger - Untitled (Grape shaped damna fruit), n.d. (Image credit: MoMA)
- Grandma Moses - Christmas at Home, n.d. (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Adolf Wölfli - Irren-Anstalt Band Hain, 1910 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Bill Traylor - Untitled (Exciting Event), 1947 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Bill Traylor - Untitled, 1939 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- August Natterer - Witch's Head, 1915 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Clementine Hunter - The Wedding, 1975 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Clementine Hunter - Cotton Pickin’, 1948 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- William Hawkins - Steer and Dog, 1984 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern - The Mass Demon, 1954 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Chaibia Talal - Mon Village, Chtouka, 1990 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik - Barney Visits a Winter Camp, 1994 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik - A Face Like the Sun, 1971 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Maria Primachenko - Атомна війна, будь проклята вона! (May That Nuclear War Be Cursed!), 1978 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Maria Primachenko - Льон цвіте, а дівчина заміж іде (Flax Blooms, a Bride Goes to Her Groom), 1983 (Image credit: WikiArt)
- Lee Godie - Sweet Sixteen, 1973-74 (Image credit: The New York Times)
- Maria Auxiliadora da Silva - Mobral, 1971 (Image credit: artforum.com)
- Madge Gill - After the War, 1946 (Image credit: madgegill.com)
- Thornton Dial - Remembering the Road, 1992 (Image credit: artnet.com)

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