The work of Outsider artists is often interpreted as expressing a unique inner vision unsullied by social or cultural influences. Everyday Imagining: New Perspectives on Outsider Art counters this view by presenting Australian and New Zealand contemporary artists whose works reveal their proactive engagement with the external world.
While there is much debate about the use of the term ‘outsider art’, this exhibition didn’t aim to resolve ambiguities around its relevance or definition. Instead, it questioned a key interpretive bias of the term – a legacy of its origins in art brut.
Curated by Joanna Bosse.
Exhibiting artists
Andrew Blythe, Kellie Greaves, Julian Martin, Jack Napthine, Lisa Reid, Martin Thompson, and Terry Williams.
Andrew Blythe, Untitled 2012, synthetic polymer paint on paper, 88 x 116 cm. Courtesy the artist and Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland.
Terry Williams, Telephone 2011, fabric, cotton, stuffing and fibre-tipped pen, 18 x 13 x 20 cm. Private collection, Melbourne. Courtesy of the artist and Arts Project Australia, Melbourne.
Martin Thompson, Untitled 2014, ink on paper, 52.5 x 105 cm. Courtesy the artist and Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin.