Over the past decade or so, much of my longer writing and think-pieces have lived here on this website. I am truly thankful and appreciative of your continued support and engagement with my posts that often (to me) feel like a stream of consciousness!
However, as my research and thinking have developed, I’ve felt an increasing need for a space that allows for more regular, direct and conversational writing.
For that reason, I am moving much of my blog-style writing away from this website and onto Substack.
I’ve launched a new series over there called ‘Outsider Art Today’, and rather than occasional blog posts, this series will be an ongoing sequence of (accessible) essays that will be delivered directly to subscribers via email. If you’d like to continue reading my work, and to receive new pieces as they’re published, Substack is now the place to do that.
The Outsider Art Today series will be a breakdown of my PhD research, week by week. It begins with the historical roots of the term; from Dubuffet’s concept of Art Brut to Roger Cardinal’s introduction of ‘outsider art’ before moving onto the contemporary landscape and the more complex question of whether increased visibility necessarily equates to structural change.
Over the coming weeks (and months!), I’ll be breaking my research down into accessible, bitesize essays exploring contemporary attitudes to the term ‘outsider art’, the spaces it is allowed to occupy, the role of cultural gatekeepers, and the institutional mechanisms that reproduce exclusion.
For the forseeable, this writing will live on Substack, and new posts will be shared there rather than on this blog.
If you’d like to follow along, I’d love you to join me and subscribe (it’s completely free).
You can have a look at my posts in the series so far and subscribe by clicking here.
Really looking forward to continuing the conversation with you.
Just as a note – this website will remain active, and I very much hope it continues to serve as a useful resource: a place to learn more about outsider art and to access information about some of the artists I’ve had the privilege of showcasing over the years.
KDOA 