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"Insane Art" - Artistic Genius or Insanity?

laketrees.blogspot.com — Art of the mentally ill is the focus of great interest. The creations of mentally ill patients have been given various names, such as "outsider art," "psychotic art," "art brut" and "art extraordinary," attracting interest by psychiatrists, artists and historians.

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  • AManWithNoName, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1I actually got to see art done by mentally challenged (Retarded) people recently at a gallery showing. It was really funny to see all the pretentious morons trying to label a green blob as a manifestation of the anguish of being unable to express their minds properly, when the artist will gladly tell you it's a dog.
  • BoydGreeneArt, on 06/21/2008, -0/+0A very finely written article Kim.
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