Outsider Art - Outside What?

Wild Hog Whirligig by David Butler

Outsider Art is a convenient term, but for whom? Who is 'outside' and why - and what does it mean for the Art?
http://www.artsmarttalk.com/3/post/2013/05/outsider-art-outside-what.html

A reflection on labels and meaning, prompted by the exhibit
'Great and Mighty Things: Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

All That Glitters: El Anatsui at the Brooklyn Museum

El Anatsui at the Brooklyn Museum (photo MMacGregor)

The splendid work of a contemporary wizard, conjuring truth and grace from trash and debris

http://www.artsmarttalk.com/3/post/2013/02/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-el-anatsui-at-the-brooklyn-museum.html

Art Games and Forgeries

http://www.artsmarttalk.com/3/post/2013/01/art-games-and-forgeries.html
'Legitimate' art and Art Forgery - thoughts on complex games, and on two recent books featuring the art and the schemes of high stakes forgery.