Umnquba kwi-2018 Outsider Art Fair eNew York.USean Zanni / uPatrick McMullan ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Kwiminyaka engama-28, i-Outsider Art Fair (i-OAF) ishukumise indawo yobugcisa yaseNew York ngokuqaqambisa umbono okhethekileyo wee-eccentrics, i-mediums, i-untrained kunye namanye amazwi ahlala ehlolwa ngabangaphakathi kwezobugcisa.
Ubulungisa baseNew York ngumnyhadala ophambili we-OAF. Ulungelelwaniso olwenziweyo lobulungisa egxile kwiYurophu ubugcisa obugqithisileyo zenzekile minyaka le eParis ukusukela ngo-2012, kwaye ubulungisa buye babamba nemiboniso eFrieze. UChristie ude angene nakwintshukumo yangaphandle ngokwenza intengiso ngolwesiHlanu wempelaveki xa kuvulwa i-OAF kwisiXeko saseNew York – esenzeka kulo nyaka ukusukela nge-16 ukuya ku-19 kuJanuwari eMetropolitan Pavilion kwisitalato i-18.
Kukho itoni yeshishini eliqhutywa kwi-OAF, utshilo u-Andrew Edlin, umnini we-Outsider Art Fair. Ikhuthaza intengiso ngexesha lokukhokelela kubulungisa, ngokunjalo.
Kwaye loo marike ikhule ngokuzinzileyo. Ukwanda komdla ekuqokeleleni ubugcisa bangaphandle buqinisiwe kule minyaka mihlanu ukuya kwelishumi idlulileyo, hayi kuphela ngentengiso kaChristie, kodwa nakwimyuziyam enkulu –– ezinje ngeMetropolitan Museum of Art, eBrooklyn Museum naseSmithsonian –– kulinywe ubushushu ngemiboniso yabantu bangaphandle kwaye ubugcisa obugqithisileyo abadali.
Inani elichanekileyo ledola kunzima ukulincamathisela kwimarike yangaphandle. U-Edlin, nangona kunjalo, ukholelwa kwelokuba eli nani kufuneka libe zizigidi ezingama-40 zeedola ukuya kwizigidi ezingama-50 ngonyaka.
Abaqokeleli, u-Edlin uthi, baye babhencwa ngakumbi kolu hlobo lomsebenzi wobugcisa. Ukwandiswa kwe-OAF kuye kwaba yinto ebalulekileyo kuloo nto, kunye nemiboniso kumaziko afana neMet. Konke kubonisa ukuba ubugcisa bangaphandle buqwalaselwa kwezona ndawo ziphakamileyo zeli ziko. 
Umnquba kwi-2018 Outsider Art Fair eNew York.USean Zanni / uPatrick McMullan ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty
Ingqokelela ekhethekileyo, efana neAmerican Folk Art Museum kwisiXeko saseNew York kunye neQokelelo de l'Art Brut eLausanne, ikhuthaze iinzame zokuyila ezivela kumagcisa angaphandle kunye nabazobi ukusukela kwinkulungwane yamashumi amabini. Ukuvela kwemiboniso kwiminyaka yakutshanje kuncede ekwandiseni ulwazi kunye noxabiso kolu hlobo lobugcisa kubaphulaphuli abasoloko besanda.
Ekuqaleni kwayo, i-OAF yayiyeyona nto ithobekileyo. Izihlwele zazincinci kwaye abaqokeleli abambalwa babenomdla wokuthenga.
U-Edlin uthi, Emva phayaa, sasibekwa emxholweni ezingqondweni zabantu ngakumbi ngobugcisa babantu. Abaphulaphuli batshintshile, bafunde ngakumbi, kwaye umdla wabo ukhulile. Namhlanje, umgangatho ubonwa ngakumbi ngokunxulumene nobugcisa beli xesha. Ke abaqokeleli banomdla ngakumbi kwaye bavulelekile ekuthengeni. 
Sebenza kumbono kwi-2018 Outsider Art Fair eNew York.USean Zanni / uPatrick McMullan ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty
I-OAF 2020 izakubonisa uninzi lwegalari ezivela e-United States nakwihlabathi liphela. Inkqubo iya kujikelezwa ngothotho lweeProjekthi eziZodwa kunye neeNdawo eziQokelelweyo ezingena kubadali kunye nezihloko ezivela kwilizwe lobugcisa bangaphandle.
Ukuhlonela okuluhlaza, umzekelo, kuya kubakho ubugcisa bangaphandle obuqokelelweyo bezinto zobugcisa zangoku njenge-KAWS, uCindy Sherman, uJulian Schnabel, uLaurie Simmons kunye neqaqobana labanye. Eli candelo liza kunceda ababukeli baqonde ukuba yintoni etsala amagcisa embindini weshishini kwimibono yokuyila engaphandle kwesiqhelo.
UPaul Laster, owayelungisa indawo, uthi, amagcisa aqokelela ubugcisa bangaphandle ahlala ebona ubudlelwane phakathi komsebenzi abawenzayo nomsebenzi abawuqokelelayo. Bafumana ubunyulu kubugcisa bangaphandle. Ayenzelwanga intengiso yobugcisa bezentengiso-yenziwa ngokunyanzelwa, ukutyeba, okanye ukunika umfanekiso umbono. Abaqokeleli bobugcisa bangaphandle, ngokubanzi, banokuthenga ubugcisa bangaphandle kuba, ngokufanayo, bayayithanda, okanye, ngoku, kuba bebona ixabiso kuyo njengotyalo mali.
Nokuba ujonge ukhuthazo lwasendle kwimisebenzi yakho, okanye umkhombandlela omtsha wokuqokelela kwakho, i-OAF ilinda ngento engalindelekanga. Okona kuncinci, kufanelekile kubume bendawo yanamhlanje apho unokuqiniseka ukuba uya kudibana nokuthatha okutsha kuyilo kude ngaphandle kwesiqhelo.
