An Essay on the Art of the Insane and how they were considered Art Brut for Philosophy of Art class

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The Art of the Insane and How They Were Considered Art Brut - Outline
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Introduction
Art Brut

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Cultural context

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Background Information

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Insane Artists
Critics
Fall of the Insane Art
Conclusion


Running head: ART OF THE INSANE

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The Art of the Insane and How They Were Considered Art Brut
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ART OF THE INSANE

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Art of the Insane
Introduction

Much concentration on the crazy art was primarily depicted by the group of Der Reiter.
They were concerned with the art of the mentally ill, the children and the peasant artists. Because
of the perceived lack of sophistication, these artists were attracted to these arts. The first
publication of such work was done in 1912 by the same group (MacGregor, 1989). After the
death of the leaders of the group, Paul Klee, one of the surviving members of the group took up
the task to drawing inspirations from the primitive and naïve art. In the 1920's, the interest for the
mentally insane art grew much more. Psychiatrists like Dr. Walter Morgenthaler wrote on the
progress and the art of his patients, including Adolf Wolfi. Adolf was calmed down by art. This
insane artist produced an illustration of his whole on 1600 drawing, 25000 pages, and 1500
college. Adolf Wolfi foundation was started in remembrance of his works. Further publications
by different doctors were also made. They described the effect of art on the mental status of their
patients and how art attracted the insane. It is significant to note that even those with formal
training in the art can be mentally challenged. A good example is William Kurelek who was
admitted to a mental asylum but was later granted the order of Canada for his outstanding art
piece on his tortured youth including the maze.
Art Brut
Art Brut is a brand name fashioned by Jean Dubuffet, a French artist. He used this label
to describe artworks that were produced outside the official art culture boundary. The extreme
focus was on children, people with a mental health condition and the mental asylums. Jean
placed his focus on art that was created beyond the scene of the art (Davies, 2009). Raw art is not

ART OF THE INSANE

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taught in art schools, and the artists are either naïve or are self-taught. Art Brut does not work
within the constraints of the society or that of the art institutes. These works, in most cases,
depict elaborations of an imaginary world, extreme mental illnesses, obsessions and original
ideas. In most cases, such pieces are only discovered after the artists' demise (Cardinal, 2009).
Art Brut has been in the recent times cultivated and highly valued in the market in spite of them
not being in the mainstream art galleries and the world of art. With this analysis, there is clarity
as to why Art of the insane is regarded as art brut.
Cultural Context
The 20th-century millennial seems to ...


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