Matt Lamb & Folk/Outsider Art

This guide has been created to complement the art donated to our campus and lectures given by artist Matt Lamb. The goal of this guide is to present a broader view of Mr. Lamb's work and conceptions of art in our society. 

Selected Sources of Folk and Outsider Art

Books and Audio Video
Keyword Searching
Magazine & Journal Articles
World Wide Web Resources

Selected books and audio video material in our library (Please check our PAC under subject folk art for additional material.)

American folk art
Artists in aprons: folk art by American women
Artists in Spite of Art
Outsider Art

Keyword Searching
Keyword suggestions include:  folk art, outsider art, art brut, naïve art, visionary artist, and self taught artists. Finding information on particular artists might be helpful as a subject search. Search by last name first, i.e. McKesson, Malcolm.  Other subject suggestions include: art history, folk art and outsider art.

Magazine and Journal Articles available ONLINE:
Full text articles on various art topics are available on many of our databases.

(Please refer to our “Finding magazine and journal articles” research guide for additional database searching strategies.)

Appropriate databases include:

ARTICLEFIRST
ACADEMIC SEARCH ELITE
EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP
PROQUEST
WILSONSELECT

Web Sites

• American Folk Art Museum—http://www.folkartmuseum.org
  The museum “proclaims the importance of folk art as a vital component of mainstream artistic expression and celebrates the extraordinary accomplishments of "ordinary" people.”
• American Visionary Art Museum—http://www.avam.org
  Web site for museum located in Baltimore, Md.
  http://www.avam.org/stuff/whatsvis.html—provides a good definition of visionary art and how it differs from folk art.
• Artesian Arts—http://www.artesian-arts.org
  A Scottish Web site promoting “visionary, intuitive, grassroots and 'outsider' artists.”
• Intuit—The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art—http://outsider.art.org
    “...nonprofit organization recogniz(ing) the creative work of individuals who demonstrate little influence from the mainstream art world  artists who instead seem motivated by their unique personal visions.”
• Jane’s Addiction—http://www.janesaddictions.com
  Personal web site providing extensive information about Outsider Art including artists and places to see the art.
• Matt Lamb—http://www.mattlamb.com
  Web site dedicated to “the world of Matt Lamb”
• “Matt Lamb: A Portrait of a Starving Artist as Tycoon”—http://www.newenlightenment.com/mattlamb.html
  An article by Richard Speer discussing Matt Lamb and the controversy surrounding the Outsider Art Fair in Soho.
• RawVision—http://www.rawvision.com
  Online version of the “International Journal of intuitive and visionary art.” http://www.rawvision.com/outsiderart/whatisoa.html
  Provides a definition of “Outsider Art” and http://www.rawvision.com/back/lamb/lamb.html
  Discusses Matt Lamb and “Outsider Art”

Librarians and other Library staff will gladly assist you in using the many sources for literary criticism. Do not hesitate to ask them for assistance at any point in your search.