A free study of free artists

Abstract

The book “Art on the Roadside. Outsider Art and Inclusive Practices in the Culture of the 20th and Early 21st Centuries” (2022) prepared by the Department of Rolklore and Folk Art of the State Institute of Art Studies includes materials of scientific conferences in memory of Dr. Ksenia Bogemskaya (1947–2010), a great researcher of naive and outsider art. 25 authors from different regions of Russia and other countries examine the borderline areas of art, overview the institutionalization process of the outsider art in Russia, explore the problems of its interpretation and the criteria of aesthetic value, compare it with the development of neo-archaic trends in the naïve and modern art of the twentieth century. The final section of the book describes the practical cooperation as a part of inclusive programs in Russia and abroad.