The term was coined by the late Frenchman to describe art made outside established boundaries, often by children and folk with a mental illness.

Outsider Art, as it's more widely known, is enjoying unprecedented popularity, with specialist fairs organised all over the world, including New York, Paris and Melbourne.

Collingwood football club has never been more popular, boasting the league's largest supporter base. Yet in 2014 the Magpies find themselves outside footy's established boundaries, outside the final eight.

Footy finals without the black and white army seem unreal, yet that is precisely what has come to pass. They normally sit at the centre of the football universe, but this year captain Scott Pendlebury and his team are outsiders.