David Byrne, Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg on the outsider art of Arthur Russell

Re:David Byrne, Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg on the outsider... by coldtea on Monday September 26, 2022 @04:27PM (#32987904)

>What is the wall that divides the two? Social connections, maybe educational background.

So? Any definition is based on a wall that divides the thing defined from other things...

>It says that while the work has artistic merit, can be recognized as art, it nevertheless must be qualified as coming from outside the anointed clique.

Well, that's factual (it does come outside the anointed clique). And as many other things, it can be useful to know, when placing the artwork in perspective.

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Re:David Byrne, Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg on the outsider... by CallingCalliope on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:22PM (#32988625)

Zen and the art of motorcycling. Can Quality be described or is beauty in the eye of the beholder, maybe more, if your in the pecking order of domestication it applies.

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Re:David Byrne, Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg on the outsider... by MichaelCollins on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:22PM (#32989377)

"must be qualified" is subjective, not factual. Nothing bad will happen if artists simply abstain from calling other artists outsiders.

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Re:David Byrne, Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg on the outsider... by coldtea on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @04:27AM (#32992832)

>is subjective, not factual.

That's fine, it still doesn't mean "anything goes". Not all subjective things are "just personal taste".

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