Raw Vision
Raw Vision is a British magazine devoted to outsider art[1][2] and edited by John Maizels.[2] It features content about the subject worldwide.[2]
[edit] History
Raw Vision was founded by John Maizels, then an art teacher, in 1989 as twice annual publication with a small freelance staff and text contributed by scholars.[3] Each issue featured around ten artists, as well as covering general news on the subject of outsider art.[3] By 1991, there were 700 subscribers.[3]
Raw Vision has been described as "outsider art's Rolling Stone"[4] and, in 2007, as the only publication in Britain whose exclusive content is outsider art. [2]
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."[5]
Maizels runs the magazine from a small clapperboard house near Watford, England.
| “ | When I came across [outsider art] I was just so amazed by it, it was so powerful and it had such strong personal meaning... people are revealing themselves, their demons, their own aspirations, their own inner feelings ... They don't go to exhibitions or private views, they just work. They've got an inner compulsion. | ” |
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— John Maizels, founder of Raw Vision , quoted by Dan Bell[2] |
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The European Union gave one million euros via Raw Vision for a touring exhibition of outsider art in the UK in 2003.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Blumenthal, Ralph. "An Artist's Success at 14, Despite Autism", The New York Times, 16 January 2002. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Bell, Dan. "Life on the Outside", BBC, 26 October 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ a b c Kahn, Eve M. "Style Makers; John Maizels, Art Magazine Editor", The New York Times, 6 January 1991. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ Goddard, Peter. "Outsider artists go back a ways", Toronto Star, 7 March 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ Weeks, Japhet. "Inside out", California: The Journal, 13 December 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ Steward, Sue. "Welcome in the outsiders", London: Evening Standard, p. 34, 22 November 2002.
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