Outsider art, coined by Roger Cardinal - synonymous until the 1980s with the 'art brut' movement begun by Dubuffet - is any work of art produced by an untrained, idiosyncratic, or marginalized artist who is typically unconnected to the conventional art world - not necessarily by choice but by circumstance.

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In 1987, the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art  (now the NSU Art Museum) boldly launched an exhibit called 'A Separate Reality - Florida Eccentrics.' Outsider art continues to grow in popularity with the general public, the community of art collectors and museums. This exhibition celebrates the 30 year anniversary of Florida's Outsider Artist exhibit in Fort Lauderdale for then sixteen artists, one of whom was Purvis Young from Miami, who's become an international icon.

'Reinterpreting the Pioneer - How the Outsider creates distinctive culture and community.'  

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