Autistic Art

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I was always a big fan of art from those with schizophrenia, bipolar and autism. This gallery has more clarity than any art gallery I have ever seen. Does anyone else find these art pieces powerful?

http://discovermagazine.com/photos/15-h ... -the-world

The descriptions are wonderful too.

Wow, those are so compelling - I do think autistic art has a special quality. Thanks for sharing.
Artist Frank Allen is on the spectrum as well: http://www.saatchionline.com/frankart

I live right nearby a great museum (but don't have hardly any free-time!) that I can sometimes visit. The great impressionist artist, Paul Cezanne, is now accepted as having had asperger's syndrome, based upon personal documentation and other clues, such as his own unique approach to painting. It is known he struggled with synaesthesia such that his could not discern between colour/sound, merging them together in his paintings. Anyway, while at the museum, I'm struck by Cezanne's work. As I understand, he actually tried to "paint emotion," literally, and felt he failed - he purportedly then slashed his own flesh, and then his own canvas in an extreme fit of distress, as if the canvas was an extension of his own self. With a great deal of care and understanding, a curator stitched this wounded painting for display. Cezanne was truly a gifted artist.