Outside In

Exploring the margins of art

Marc Steene, Grayson Perry

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English

Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
04 October 2023

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Painting & paintings; Drawing & drawings; Non-graphic art forms; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

The exclusive global art market is one which few aspiring artists manage to penetrate. How, then, can a creative person with virtually no arts engagement or formal training, perhaps with mental or other significant health issues, disability, or experiencing difficult social circumstances, find a way in?

Witnessing the treatment of people in a day centre took author Marc Steene on a journey which led to the establishment of Outside In, a charity championing and promoting the work by artists encountering significant barriers and with the aim of creating a fairer art world.

The book shares some of the most inspiring artwork produced outside of the mainstream. It includes work by respected ‘outsider’ artists and other, mostly contemporary, artists that the author has discovered during his work – art rescued from European asylums, the works of Madge Gill, channelled from her spirit guide Myrninerest, Rakibul Chowdhury whose work draws on his fascination with popular culture, and Drew Fox, whose otherworldly creations result from a series of near-death experiences. Exploring the necessity to create by people on the periphery, the unconventional techniques often utilised and the settings in which this work may be produced, Steene provides a compelling case for inclusivity and change.

By: Marc Steene
Interviewee: Grayson Perry
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 220mm, Spine: 15mm
ISBN: 9781848224551
ISBN 10: 1848224559
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 04 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One - Intuition; Capter Two - Introspection; Chapter three - Insight; Interview with Grayson Perry; Endnote; Outside In Artists; NOtes; Endnote; Outside In - Selected Exhibitions; Further Reading; Image Credits, Index

Marc Steene is the Founder and Director of Outside In, the award-winning charity that seeks to create a fairer art world and to celebrate the diversity of creators in our communities. He was formerly Executive Director at Pallant House Gallery.

Reviews for Outside In: Exploring the margins of art

'Marc Steene is a compelling advocate for the recognition and inclusion of marginalised creators as artists in their own right. His approach to their work, intuition, introspection and insight, is well thought out and challenges the still-dominant values of coolness and control in the art world.' - Thomas Röske, director of the Prinzhorn Collection at Heidelberg University Hospital 'This is a super book that really seems to deeply understand the sort of art I love more than any other, what is commonly called Outsider Art. Ever since I was a student these artists have been a huge influence and comfort to me. Marc Steene is a great advocate for this disparate and often misunderstood branch of art history.' - Grayson Perry