section_path: Painting styles/Western/Outsider art
section_name: Outsider art
paragraph_text: Outsider art
  
  The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut (French:, "raw art" or "rough art"), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by insane-asylum inmates. Outsider art has emerged as a successful art marketing category (an annual Outsider Art Fair has taken place in New York since 1992). The term is sometimes misapplied as a catch-all marketing label for art created by people outside the mainstream "art world," regardless of their circumstances or the content of their work.