This publication and the accompanying exhibition aim to explode these myths by seeking out the parallels between Insider and Outsider Art, and the impact of unknown Outsiders on some of the greatest names of twentieth century art. The exhibition considers Insiders (such as James Ensor, Philip Guston and Henri Rousseau) and Outsiders (such as Henry Oarger, aadge Gill and Adolf Wiilfli) as the two sides of the same 'modernist' tendency that share a common discourse, connecting the visual arts to the social sciences, including anthropology, sociology, psychology and psychoanalysis.

Inner Worlds Outside:

An Introduction

Worlds Within

The Other Side of the Avant-Garde

The Mad, the 'Brut', the 'Primitive' and the Modern

A Discursive History

Jon Thompson

Naffs, Faux-Naffs, Faux Faux-Naifs, Would-Be

Faux-Naffs: There is No Such Thing as Outsider Art

James Elkins

Catalogue

  Imaginary Landscapes and Fantastic Cities

  Fantastic Dreams and Haunting Tales

  The Erotic Body

  Faces and Masks

  The Allure of Language

Appendices