Mississippi Outsiders
Virtual Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: October 31st - December 31st 2022
Deadline for submissions: Midnight September 30th, 2022
Free to submit
Open to all Mississippi residents 18+
Open to all Mississippi residents 18+
The Point:
The term "Outsider Art" like many others, changes depending on who you ask.
This exhibition is about who considers themselves "Outsider Artists," and why. In my personal opinion the term has opened up to those who do not fit in the traditional art world mold. Does that sound like you?
If you reference Miriam Webster it is art produced by untrained or naïve artists who are not part of the mainstream art tradition. Dictionary.com says it is art produced by untutored artists working by themselves and for themselves.
My personal favorite TheArtStory.org says, "Outsider Artists usually experience some sort of revelatory moment, akin to a religious calling when they become "artists". They typically have no formal training within an art institution and exhibit in their work a sense of heightened connectivity within the intricate system of universal balance. Without having necessarily experienced tragedy, these artists hold within an acute awareness of the forces of darkness as well as those of light. The Outsider Artist deals incessantly with a war in mind (which is often mistakenly labeled as mental illness), always navigating emotional conflict in order to create outwards paths to find inner peace. The closest more conventional movement comparable is Surrealism, as the premise of the latter is also based on the power of the human unconscious. Indeed, as well as Dubuffet, other famous artists, including Picasso, heralded this work as inspirational. The Outsider Artist however does not feel the same impetus to share and disseminate ideas, often they only ask, humbly and without expectation, to be left quiet and uninterrupted to make art."
Show us your Outsider Art! Submit Below
This exhibition is about who considers themselves "Outsider Artists," and why. In my personal opinion the term has opened up to those who do not fit in the traditional art world mold. Does that sound like you?
If you reference Miriam Webster it is art produced by untrained or naïve artists who are not part of the mainstream art tradition. Dictionary.com says it is art produced by untutored artists working by themselves and for themselves.
My personal favorite TheArtStory.org says, "Outsider Artists usually experience some sort of revelatory moment, akin to a religious calling when they become "artists". They typically have no formal training within an art institution and exhibit in their work a sense of heightened connectivity within the intricate system of universal balance. Without having necessarily experienced tragedy, these artists hold within an acute awareness of the forces of darkness as well as those of light. The Outsider Artist deals incessantly with a war in mind (which is often mistakenly labeled as mental illness), always navigating emotional conflict in order to create outwards paths to find inner peace. The closest more conventional movement comparable is Surrealism, as the premise of the latter is also based on the power of the human unconscious. Indeed, as well as Dubuffet, other famous artists, including Picasso, heralded this work as inspirational. The Outsider Artist however does not feel the same impetus to share and disseminate ideas, often they only ask, humbly and without expectation, to be left quiet and uninterrupted to make art."
Show us your Outsider Art! Submit Below
