Description
Kaira M. Cabanas shows that at the center of this advocacy stood such significant proponents as psychiatrists Osorio Cesar and Nise da Silveira, who championed treatments that included painting and drawing studios; and the art critic Mario Pedrosa, who penned Gestaltist theses on aesthetic response. Cabanas examines the lasting influence of this unique era of Brazilian modernism, and how the afterlife of this "outsider art" continues to raise important questions. How do we respect the experiences of the mad as their work is viewed through the lens of global art? Why is this art reappearing now that definitions of global contemporary art are being contested?
Learning from Madness offers an invigorating series of case studies that track the parallels between psychiatric patients' work in Western Europe and its reception by influential artists there, to an analogous but altogether distinct situation in Brazil.
Book Information
ISBN 9780226556284
Author Kaira M. Cabanas
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint University of Chicago Press
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Weight(grams) 794g
Dimensions(mm) 26mm * 19mm * 2mm