In 2013 the Outsider Art buildings created by Robert Prudhoe [Boinga Bob] attracted the attention of  the Curator of Sydney University’s “Self Taught and Outsider Art Research Collection” [STOARC]   …

In 2013 the Outsider Art buildings created by Robert Prudhoe [Boinga Bob] attracted the attention of  the Curator of Sydney University’s “Self Taught and Outsider Art Research Collection” [STOARC]   whereby the Boingaology collection is now linked to the Sydney University College of Art collection. On May 2nd 2014 an article on Bob’s work was published in the peer reviewed journal “Elsewhere” and is now available for purchase via the STOARC website at http://stoarc.com    A small illustrated souvenir book is also available for purchase via the bookshop at www.blurb.com Just enter the title “Robert Prudhoe’s Outsider Art” into the search window. 

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Comment by Dr Chris James on June 4, 2014 at 12:14am

You are right!  I used the word 'read' in rather euphemistic terms.  The John Maizels book that I have is called 'Raw Creation'. It's a spectacular volume with good illustrations and it contains a good history on Outsider Art.  Another very good book is 'Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives' by Colin Rhodes.   Professor Rhodes is the Curator of the Outsider Art Collection at Sydney University whose publication 'Elsewhere' is also new, Robert Prudhoe's work is in the latest edition, Volume 2.   Outsider Art is a little known genre in Australia so the work of Robert Prudhoe is unique here.  What is fascinating is that Prudhoe knew nothing about Outsider Art and worked purely from intuition or what he calls 'spirit', in much the same way as artists in the asylums worked  with no knowledge of the outside word. 

My interest extends to the cognitive sciences that suggest that all art is an innate feature in the human condition that reaffirms the original image viewed, but which cannot be replicated accurately by the occipital cortex  [V.S. Ramachandran The Tell-Tale Brain].  If one accepts this view then the entire perception of art as an aesthetic changes.  We are left with the question what purpose does art serve?  What appears to be gleaned from the Outsider Artist  is that this art, although it often falls into the obsessive behaviour disorder [OCD] category, also has curative elements, something the psychoanalysts discovered a long time ago.  Indeed, art therapies are becoming very popular; but is the work produced art?  Another burning question demanding debate.

Comment by Dr Chris James on June 3, 2014 at 6:08am

A very good read!

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