''Raw Vision'' is a British journal devoted to
outsider art
Outsider art is Fine art, art made by Autodidacticism, self-taught individuals who are untrained and untutored in the traditional arts with typically little or no contact with the Convention (norm), conventions of the art worlds.
The term ''ou ...
[ and edited by ]John Maizels
John Maizels is the founder of ''Raw Vision'' magazine which he created in London in 1989 as a forum for the work of outsider art, self-taught artists, or unknown geniuses, which he felt was overlooked and under-appreciated. Initially published bia ...
.[ It features content about the subject worldwide.][ Raw Vision celebrates the art of “unknown geniuses” who are untrained, unschooled and uninfluenced by the art world. As well as featuring self-taught and visionary artists, both well-known and newly discovered, the journal also features visionary environments, sculpture gardens, self-built architecture and unique buildings.
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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.[
''Raw Vision'' has been 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.
The magazine was first known fo ...
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"Outsider artists go back a ways"
''Toronto Star, ''7 March 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2010. and in 2007 was cited as the only publication devoted exclusively to this art form.[Bell, Dan]
"Life on the Outside"
BBC, 26 October 2007. 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.
See also
*Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments
Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments (SPACES or SPACES Archives) is a non-profit public benefit organization created with an international focus on the study, documentation, and preservation of art environments (or visionary enviro ...
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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