(i) What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’?
(ii) Who was the “untutored genius who created a paradise” and what is the nature of his contribution to art?
(i) Outsider art refers to the artist who don’t have any right to be an artist as they didn’t have a formal training. And art brut or raw art refers to the works that were in their raw state as regards cultural and artistic influence.
(ii) The “untutored genius who created a paradise” was an 80 years old creator-director, Nek Chand. His contribution of Rock Garden worked as an influencer for outsider’s art and also he contributed highly in raw art as he made his sculptures by raw materials like stones, broken crockery, and recycled materials.
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