A Dialogue with Guo Haiping: The Concept of Universe in the Nanjing Outsider Art
Native artists in Nanjing Outsider Art Studio are individuals who have been medically diagnosed with different types of mental illness who have been socially isolated for a long time and without a high school diploma. Half of them spent only a few years in special schools for various mental and inte...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Inspirees International B.V.
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Creative Arts in Education and Therapy |
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| Online Access: | https://caet.inspirees.com/caetojsjournals/index.php/caet/article/view/338 |
| Summary: | Native artists in Nanjing Outsider Art Studio are individuals who have been medically diagnosed with different types of mental illness who have been socially isolated for a long time and without a high school diploma. Half of them spent only a few years in special schools for various mental and intellectual disabilities. Why are the native artists with less education who experience mental illness so interested in the study of the universe? In an in-depth interview with Guo Haiping and Aimee T. Liu, Guo shared his explanations of this phenomenon in the sphere of transpersonal psychology. |
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| ISSN: | 2451-876X 2468-2306 |