I would like to approach someone for an opinion that may be more positive than what is often quite doom and gloom in regards to the exhibiting of outsider art.
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Hello,
I visited your exhibition, Journeys Into The Outside in November. It came as quite a surprise to me as someone who had recently watched the corresponding documentary with no idea of this, and it was so lovely to see these pieces in real life. As I'm sure many other people are, I'm particularly fond of the Finsters.
As someone currently writing a dissertation on Outsider Art, but also very much with an interest in it regardless, I would love to ask you, the curators, a few questions. In researching Outsider Art in an academic sense I noticed a lot of dialogue in regards to the act of exhibiting of Outsider Art- and very much a lot of conversation about how it can be problematic. Some people have brought up about how the discussion of Outsider Art is overwhelmed by the focus on the artists' identity themselves, or how the idea of Outsider inevitably creates a divide between them and the 'inside'.
I did not sense this so much at your exhibition, and was wondering if you had any words on the subject. Was this exhibition curated with these ideas specifically in mind? Personally, what is your intention when showcasing Outsider Art- or/and is it, for you, indistinguishable from any other kind?
I appreciate you will be busy around this time of year, but if you would like to respond, that would be much appreciated, and I will be interested in anything you have to say on these notes.
Thank you,
- Molly Fairhurst
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