Artistic expressions are a non-discursive symbolic language and promote the understanding of human experience. In the 19th and 20th centuries, outsider artists admitted to psychiatric hospitals offered a contribution to the exploration of the psyche without however activating processes of institutional change. In the second half of the 20th century, first in the Anglo-Saxon context, the creative experiences have been developed in different fields. In Italy the start of a radical deinstitutionalization work in psychiatry leads to the recognition of the creative process as a therapeutic resource. After approval of law 180, expressive activities have had a significant development in the clinical and welfare fields as a factor of evolution, cure and social inclusion.
International Association for Art and Psychology, Italy
Chapter Title
Insider/Outsider Art. Percorsi e intrecci creativi tra arte e psichiatria
Authors
Roberto Boccalon
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0400-2.07
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Arte ai margini
Book Subtitle
Livio Poggesi e l’atelier di pittura dell’Ospedale neuropsichiatrico di Arezzo, 1958-1978
Editors
Luca Quattrocchi, Paolo Torriti
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Number of Pages
210
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press, USiena Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0400-2
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0399-9
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0400-2
Series Title
Quaderni del Dipartimento di Scienze storiche e dei beni culturali