LAST EDITED ON 12-May-02 AT 09:13 PM (PST)
 
I believe in all types of art. The use of a label to describe a certain discipline is fine. I do however take offense to terms such as outsider, modern primitive, and maybe even underground. Where I now live, South Dakota, there are alot of talented artists. However, acceptance of any art other than "traditional" meaning landscapes, portraits, etc., rarely occurs. I think these labels are just a way for staunch traditionalist to describe work they don't want to understand nor care to. In my own humble opinion, art is what you get at the end of the creative process. It doesn't necessarily have to be recognizable to the masses. I other arenas we don't always communicate with distinguishable words. Screams, grunts, etc. do the job just fine, and no one seems to need to label that type of communication.