Once again, I want to thank my friend, Janet Cooper, for sending me such a wonderful link: A Strange and Wonderful View of Outsider Art !
coat by Giuseppe Versino (1882 – 1963), an Italian asylum inmate who made clothing from braided rags.
So, before looking at Version’s coat and saying “Yuck, I’d never wear that!”, take a look below at a couple of Comme des Garcons creations:
Comme des Garcons
Comme des Garcons
Now back to OUTSIDER ARTISTS…Why do you think that people who never considered themselves artists felt a compulsion to create? Because, more than “I think therefore I am” it’s “I create therefore I am“.
related links: When The Curtain Never Comes Down. American Folk Art Museum + KRÜSI, HANS + Père Léonide + MELINA RICCIO 1951- | ITALY
The Narrative Within 