The Outsider, Art and Humour

Paul Clements

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Routledge
20 May 2020

The Arts: General & Reference; Art styles not defined by date; Performance art; Sociology; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

This cross-disciplinary book, situated on the periphery of culture, employs humour to better comprehend the arts, the outsider and exclusion, illuminating the ever-changing social landscape, the vagaries of taste and limits of political correctness.

Each chapter deals with specific themes and approaches – from the construct of outsider and complexity of humour, to Outsider Art and spaces – using various theoretical and analytical methods. Paul Clements draws on humour, especially from visual arts and culture (and to a lesser extent literature, film, music and performance), as a tool of ridicule, amongst other discourses, employed by the powerful but also as a weapon to satirize them. These ambiguous representations vary depending on context, often assimilated then reinterpreted in a game of authenticity that is poignant in a world of facsimile and 'fake news'. The humour styles of a range of artists are highlighted to reveal the fluidity and diversity of meaning which challenges expectations and at its best offers resistance and, crucially, a voice for the marginal.

This book will be of particular interest to scholars in art history, cultural studies, fine art, humour studies and visual culture.

By: Paul Clements
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367468224
ISBN 10: 0367468220
Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
Pages: 226
Publication Date: 20 May 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Clements is Lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of The Creative Underground: Art, Politics and Everyday Life (Routledge, 2017) and Charles Bukowski, Outsider Literature, and the Beat Movement (Routledge, 2013).

Reviews for The Outsider, Art and Humour

"""Clements shows us why humor and joking in art, and in particular 'outsider art,' should matter to us. His book is funny, and he explains the jokes, yet it is serious because humor can heal or abuse and we ought to care whether it makes people’s lives better or worse. ... Clements’ book is a great primer for scholars, jokers, and artists who seek justice in a crazy world."" --Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emerging Knowledge"