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Massimiliano Gioni

is the Artistic Director of the New Museum in New York and Director of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation in Milan.

Speaking in Tongues

By Massimiliano Gioni

Every time I am asked to talk about outsider art, I am reminded of the old joke about the crazy guy in the mental hospital. Trapped in his cell, the madman keeps knocking on the door, shouting at the doctors: “Are you insane? Quick, open up! You’ve locked yourselves inside!”

Marino Auriti, Encyclopedic Palace/Palazzo Enciclopedico/Palacio Enciclopedico/Palais Encyclopédique or Monumento Nazionale. Progetto Enciclopedico Palazzo (U.S. patent no. 179,277), Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, c. 1950s. Wood, plastic, glass, metal, hair combs, and model kit parts, 11 x 7 x 7 feet. American Folk Art Museum, New York, gift of Colette Auriti Firmani in memory of Marino Auriti.
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