The building houses the youth “Record”, you can see more than a hundred works by artists, outsiders

yesterday in St. Petersburg opened exhibition «Talent beyond diagnosis», which presents more than 100 works by Russian and foreign artists outsiders. Organized by the Foundation for the Support of social and cultural initiatives «Inart».

The term «art outsider» (Outsider Art) appeared in 1972. Its author - a British art critic and historian of folk art, Roger Cardinal (Roger Cardinal). He used the phrase «outsider art» as an English equivalent of the term Art brut ( «wild art», «grave art»), introduced into circulation the famous French artist Jean Dyubyuffe (Jean Dubuffet). Under Art brut Dyubyuffe understand the creativity of people who do not have any art education, and distant from the world of art. He believed that only the «wild art», which the artists created exclusively for themselves, without regard to culture, has the right to be called a clean and honest. According to Dyubyuffe, outsiders can not be attributed to the majority of amateur artists, which are mainly created with caution in some samples. Even in the works of avant-garde designs, these are prominent - as the recipient of criticism the author. And for «wild» artists landmark one - his own inner world. Already in the 1940's Dyubyuffe determined któ most likely be considered a candidate for the outsiders - is uneducated artists living in remote rural areas, where never the art establishment, as well as people with mental disabilities, prisoners, children and artists with psychiatric experience. It is the latest creative and dedicated exhibition «Talent beyond diagnosis».

Thanks to the efforts to popularize Dyubyuffe Art brut many psychiatrists think about the benefits that can bring the art-therapy. Art - one of the most important methods of communication, and often only human creativity can give others an idea of what was happening in his soul. Now in many psychiatric clinics have shops where they can create works of art. Many works have a definite artistic value, but unfortunately, they rarely leave the hospital walls. Organizers of the exhibition «Talent beyond diagnosis» believe that the main reason for this - close the topic, lack of information about the art of outsiders. Art exhibitions of such artists usually take place in the framework of medical symposia. But education projects of this kind are needed to ensure that society has become more tolerant!

«Talent beyond diagnosis» takes place in St. Petersburg for the second time. The first exhibition was arranged in December 2008 in the atrium of the hotel «Corinthia Nevsky Palace». In January - February 2008 in the Museum of Nonconformist Art was another exhibition, «INOVIDENIE: razdvigaya wall», which could also see works by artists with mental health experience.

The program exhibition «Talent beyond diagnosis» will be the art-therapy classes: June 7 - «We create your book», 13, 14 June - «Multi-therapy» (creating their own cartoons) June 19-21 - «Art Therapy in Russian: painting on wood».

exhibition at the House of Youth «Record» (Lermontovskiy prospect, 14, corner Street. Sadova, travel to the metro station «Sennaya») is open to all comers, from Monday to Friday, from 10 to 18, Admission is free.

The exhibition will run until June 26.

For more information about the exhibition and entry to the master-classes on e-mail: art @ mental. ru .

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: museum.ru , artinvestment.ru

PS On the art of outsiders can be read: «They are not strange ... they are just very talented »