Zazie Manson Outsider Artist

Visual Art – Brisbane

"Those works created from solitude and from pure and authentic creative impulses – where the worries of competition, acclaim and social promotion do not interfere – are, because of these very facts, more precious than the productions of professionals. After a certain familiarity with these flourishings of an exalted feverishness, lived so fully and so intensely by their authors, we cannot avoid the feeling that in relation to these works, cultural art in its entirety appears to be the game of a futile society, a fallacious parade." — Jean Dubuffet About six months after a bicycle accident in 2014 Zazie was given a paintbrush and paper by a friend and so began a journey of transcribing her emotional and physical pain. Transforming the twisted self-image she saw in the mirror every day was instrumental in her psychological recovery. Two years on and Zazie occasionally returns to her her 'Art Therapy' as in the case of the recent death of her Mother. However much of Zazie's work has evolved into three different spheres, erotic art. selfies and the rest. She is still evolving....