The New York Outsider Art Fair began in 1993 as a forum devoted to artwork created by artists outside the mainstream of society people virtually unaffected by cultural or artistic convention. As the first fair of its kind, the Outsider Art Fair brought together pioneers in the field, such as the American Primitive Gallery, Carl Hammer Gallery, Luise Ross Gallery, Ames Gallery, Henry Boxer Gallery, Cavin-Morris Gallery, and Phyllis Kind Gallery, and has helped define an entire new market for outsider art. Seventeen years later, this now annual event continues to grow as a stirring showcase for well-known self-taught artists as well as newly discovered talents. The Van Der Plas Gallery is pleased to announce its first participation in the 2009 Outsider Art Fair, in which we featured the works of Konstantin Bokov.