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Outsider Art
A palatial sculpture park, built illegally and in secret by Nek Chand over a period of 36 years.
While graffiti artists boast over colorful pieces dashed off in the night, they have nothing on Nek Chand (born in 1924). Working illegally and in secret for over 36 years, Nek Chand created a... »
Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above
Another creation of the eccentric millionaire known as Stanley Marsh 3, - who prefers the Arabic numeral to the Roman numeral which he find pretentious - Marsh is most know for his Caddilac Ranch... »
Outsider Art, Optical Oddities | Edited by Clinton
A museum of unusual and unexpected collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator
John Preble, a Louisiana painter, has picked up just about every rock, bottle, and license plate he has passed. Inspired by the Tinkertown Museum in New Mexico, he put it all together in the Abita... »
Outsider Art, Hunting and Taxidermy, Outsider Architecture | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, michelle and others
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
In the middle of Death Valley – one of the harshest and most extreme environments on earth – stands one of the most unusual hotels in America, the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel.
The Amargosa,... »
Outsider Art | Edited by wythe
10 acres of "Environmental Sculptures" in the Mojave desert
Set in Joshua Tree, California, Noah Purifoy's "Outdoor Desert Art Museum" is 7.5 acres of open land displaying Purifoy's assemblage sculptures, all created on-site between 1989 and 2004. Visitors... »
Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by anhie, Sue Welsh and others
A museum is dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art
"Visionary art as defined for the purposes of the American Visionary Art Museum refers to art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from innate... »
Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
A private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity
Located at the end of a suburban cul-de-sac, and open to the public for only two days a year, the Zymoglyphic Museum houses the cabinet of curiosities created by artist Jim Stewart.
Early modern... »
Wonder Cabinets, Outsider Art, Unique Collections | Edited by Josh, zymoglyphic and others