Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction by Roger Cardinal
Part 1: Outsider Art and Art Brut
A developing awareness
The phenomenon of Adolf Wolfli
Dubuffet and Art Brut
The artists of the Collection de l’Art Brut
Outsider Art and Europe
Art from the clinic at Gugging
Art Brut and the US
Part II: On the edge of the outside
Contemporary folk art in the US
Marginal art: Neuve Invention and Art Singulier
Beyond definition
Towards a world art
Part III: Visionary environments
The Habitants-paysagistes in France
Preservation and loss in the US
Inspired sophisticates
Wonders of the world
Postscript
Outsider Art and the future
Appendix 1
Museums and collections
Appendix 2
Organizations
Appendix 3
Environments
Bibliography
Index
Photographic credits