''Raw Vision''
rawvision.com is a British magazine devoted to
outsider art
Outsider art is art made by self-taught or supposedly naïve artists with typically little or no contact with the conventions of the art worlds. In many cases, their work is discovered only after their deaths. Often, outsider art illustrate ...
[ and edited by John Maizels.][ It features content about the subject worldwide.][
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History
''Raw Vision'' was founded by John Maizels in 1989 as a way of telling people about outsider art with a small freelance staff and text contributed by scholars.[Kahn, Eve M]
"Style Makers; John Maizels, Art Magazine Editor"
''The New York Times'', 6 January 1991. Retrieved 23 March 2010. Each issue features outsider artists from different countries, as well as covering general news on the subject of outsider art from around the world.[
In 2007, ''Raw Vision'' was described as "outsider art's '']Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its ...
''", as it is the only international publication whose exclusive content is outsider art.[Goddard, Peter]
"Outsider artists go back a ways"
''Toronto Star, ''7 March 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2010. Over the years it has featured several hundred self-taught and visionary artists, many of whom were completely unknown. It also features visionary environments—sculpture gardens, self built architecture and unique buildings.[Bell, Dan]
"Life on the Outside"
BBC, 26 October 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
It defines outsider art as "creative expression that exist outside accepted cultural norms, or the realm of 'fine art'", and says that its "creators would not consider themselves artists, nor would they even feel that they were producing art at all."[Weeks, Japhet]
"Inside out"
California: ''The Journal'', 13 December 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
Other important Outsider Art Magazines
"O.O.A." (Rivista dell'Osservatorio Outsider Art, University of Palermo), originally published in 2010, is a six-monthly review directed by Eva di Stefano and published on paper by Edizioni Museo Pasqualino (http://www.edizionimuseopasqualino.it). This magazine is known for its splendidly illustrated pages and for gathering together some of the most important international contributors of the Outsider Art world.
See also
* Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments
References
External links
''Raw Vision'' web site
Visual arts magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1989
Works about outsider art
Contemporary art magazines
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