Art with a difference : looking at difficulty and unfamiliarity art /
Leonard Diepeveen, and Timothy Van Laar
- Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2001
- xi, 132 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Art museums Organizer of Culture The Remarkable Uniformity of museums The Museums as an Organizer of Culture Additional Values Promoted by Museums The History of Art Museums The The Canon Exclusion from the Canon
Chapter 2. Western Art and Other Cultures Encountering Difference The Other Is it Art? Formalist and Anthropological Approaches Problems with Formalist and Anthropological Approaches Freedom from Western perspectives Conclusion
Chapter 3. Outsider Art Encountering Difference Outsider Art Designed Biography Formal Qualities Obsession Categories The Outsider Artist as other Considering the Outsider Artist's Intentions irony Originality Innocence Experiencing Pleasure in Outsider Art Importance Amazement Faux Naive Art From the Outside to the Inside Conclusion
Chapter 4. Art and Difficulty Foucault's Nightmare Difficulty Defined Values of Difficulty Visceral Difficulty Living With Difficulty Conclusion