中文简介：

这本《局外人艺术》更新版具有更广泛的国际范围，包括2000年以来的全球发展。

局外艺术是指在现代艺术的主流之外，由自学成才、未经训练的空想家、精神主义者、隐居者、民间艺术家、精神病患者、囚犯以及其他超出社会和艺术市场边缘的人所创作的作品。这个词是Roger Cardinal在1972年创造的，从Jean Dubuffet的“art brut”翻译而来。“art brut”字面意思是“原生艺术”，不受到文化、时尚、艺术标准影响。

在这部指南中， Colin Rhodes调查了局外人艺术的历史和接受情况——局外人艺术最初由Dubuffet和超现实主义者倡导，现在受到了更多公众的欣赏。本卷对主要人物和新发现的艺术家的成就，以及专业工作室的出现提供了新的见解，因为局外人艺术和当代主流艺术界之间的关系已经发展并变得更加交织。从受内心指引的Madge Gill和精神分裂的Adolf Wölfli，到Rosemarie Koczy对创伤的表达和Nek Chand的户外创作，这些人热情地追求着他们的绘画表达。

英文简介：

The updated edition of this comprehensive overview of outsider art, distinguished by its wider international scope and inclusion of global developments since 2000.

Outsider art is the work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by self-taught, untrained visionaries, spiritualists, recluses, folk artists, psychiatric patients, prisoners, and others beyond the imposed margins of society and the art market. Coined by Roger Cardinal in 1972, the term was intended as an English equivalent to Jean Dubuffet's "art brut"―literally "raw art," "uncooked" by culture, unaffected by fashion, unmoved by artistic standards.

In this comprehensive and indispensable guide, Colin Rhodes surveys the history and reception of outsider art―first championed by Dubuffet and the Surrealists, now appreciated by a wider public. This volume provides fresh insights into the achievements of both major figures and newly discovered artists, as well as the emergence of specialized studios, as the relationship between outsider art and the contemporary mainstream art world has developed and become more intertwined. From spirit-guided Madge Gill and schizophrenic Adolf Wölfli, to Rosemarie Koczy's expressions of trauma and Nek Chand's outdoor creations, these individuals passionately pursue the pictorial expression of their vision.