Detailing the life of an outsider artist can be paradoxical as the self-taught oxymoron suggests. 8 years ago (2001), I worked a gallery booth in the NY Outsider Art Fair (Puck Building, SoHo) and witnessed artists who live “outside” the official culture conducting interviews with the press; creating a fine line between exploitation and community values, as usual. But this Neuve Invention feels right. Seraphine (1864-1942) the painter was as art brut, folk and circumstantial as the film is poignant.
