outsider art

"In a sleepy town in Southern France stands a mysterious structure. Is it a fortress? A giant labyrinth? The castle of a long-forgotten king? It is, in fact, the work of one man, Ferdinand Cheval, who shaped a palace over the course of 33 years with nothing but his bare hands, his will, and a few tools. This is the story of how and why his palace came to be"--Dust jacket.

Presents color reproductions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by twenty-seven self-taught African-American artists from the Southern U.S., and includes essays that explore the themes and meaning of the work.

Offers a comprehensive exploration of the history and development of African-American vernacular art in the United States during the twentieth century.

Contains photographs of folk-art environments around the world, and includes brief essays about the so-called "outsider" artists who created them using bottles, hubcaps, sequins, glass, and other waste and recycled materials.

When some quirky art donated to a school fundraising effort to help a Pakistani American family, victims of a possible hate crime, is revealed to be an unknown work by a famous outsider artist, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, adults and teenagers alike debate who should get the money and begin to question each other's motivations.

Color illustrations and simple text teach young readers about artist Mary Nohl.

When some quirky art donated to a school fundraising effort to help a Pakistani American family, victims of a possible hate crime, is revealed to be an unknown work by a famous outsider artist, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, adults and teenagers alike debate who should get the money and begin to question each other's motivations.