Benedetti, Joan M. (1987). "Who Are the Folk in Folk Art? Inside and Outside
the Cultural Context" Art Documentation, 6, 3-8.
Art Library and SILS Library Periodicals Collection [Art Library
and SILS: 1st floor stacks. Both arranged alphabetically.]
This article attempts to resolve some of the confusion caused by the pervasive and ill-defined
use of the term "folk art." The author describes two very different types of folk art: traditional
(or community-taught) and idiosyncratic (or self-taught). These terminology issues came up during
the author's work as Museum Librarian at the Craft and Folk Art Museum.
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Benedetti, Joan M. (2000). "Words, Words, Words:
Folk Art Terminology -- Why It Still Matters." Art Documentation,
19, 15-21.
Art Library and SILS Library Periodicals Collection [Art Library
and SILS: 1st floor stacks. Both arranged alphabetically.]
This article is a good introduction to the problem of terminology
and controlled vocabulary within the world of outsider art, folk
art, art brut and self-taught art. The author worked as the Museum Librarian at the Craft
and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles for 21 years and was a consultant
for the Art
and Architecture Thesaurus. She is now retired from the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, but remains active as a writer and researcher. (Published in Vol. 19, No 1.)
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Delacruz, Elizabeth Manley. (2000). "Outside
In: Deliberations on American Contemporary Folk Art." The
Journal of Aesthetic Education, 34, 77-86.
This takes a look at American folk and outsider art
in the 20th century, its important exhibitions, its definitions
(and problems with them) and affects on modern art. (Published in
Vol. 34, No. 3.)
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Hall, Michael D. (1991). "The Mythic Outsider:
Handmaiden to the Modern Muse." New Art Examiner,
19, 16-21.
This article relates outsider art to 20th century
art and culture. (Published in Vol. 19, No 1.)
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