عنوان

Everyday genius :

(Number (ISBN

0226249506

(Number (ISBN

9780226249506

Country Code

bnb

Number

b410840

Title Proper

Everyday genius :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

self-taught art and the culture of authenticity /

First Statement of Responsibility

Gary Alan Fine

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 328 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-319) and index

Text of Note

Creating boundaries. -- Creating biography. -- Creating artists. -- Creating collections. -- Creating community. -- Creating markets. -- Creating institutions. -- Creating art worlds

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Text of Note

"From Henry Darger's elaborate paintings of young girls caught in a vicious war to the sacred art of the Reverend Howard Finster, the work of outsider artists has achieved unique status in the art world. Celebrated for their lack of traditional training and their position on the fringes of society, outsider artists nonetheless participate in a traditional network of value, status, and money. After spending years immersed in the world of self-taught artists, Gary Alan Fine presents Everyday Genius, one of the most insightful and comprehensive examinations of this network and how it confers artistic value." "Fine considers the differences among folk art, outsider art, and self-taught art, explaining the economics of this distinctive art market and exploring the dimensions of its artistic production and distribution. Interviewing dealers, collectors, curators, and critics and venturing into the backwoods and inner-city homes of numerous self-taught artists. Fine describes how authenticity is central to the system in which artists - often poor, elderly, members of a minority group, or mentally ill - are seen as having an unfettered form of expression highly valued in the art world. Respected dealers, he shows, have a hand in burnishing biographies of the artists, and both dealers and collectors trade in identities as much as objects."--Jacket

Parallel Title

Self-taught art and the culture of authenticity

Art-- Expertising

Art-- Marketing

Outsider art-- United States

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Edition

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Book number

Fine, Gary Alan

Date of Transaction

20160712072557.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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