Art brut : the origins of outsider art / Lucienne Peiry ; translated by James Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peiry, Lucienne.

Standardized Title:

Art brut. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Art brut--Europe.

Art brut.

Outsider art--Europe.

Outsider art.

Art, European--20th century.

Art, European.

Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985.

Dubuffet, Jean.

Collection de l'art brut (Lausanne, Switzerland).

Europe.

Physical Description:

318 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Paris : Flammarion, 2001.

Summary:

In the first half of the twentieth century, avant-garde artists in Europe, keen to break with academic tradition, began looking beyond the accepted canons of Western art in a search for new sources of inspiration. "Primitive" art, the drawings of children, the art of the insane, automatism, and graffiti all opened up new avenues of experimentation. One of the key figures in this drive to push back the boundaries of art was leading French artist Jean Dubuffet. At the end of World War II, Dubuffet became interested in the works being produced by patients in psychiatric hospitals and by other social outcasts. He made two fruitful trips to Switzerland, where he discovered Wolfli, Aloise, and Muller, now recognized as important exponents of what was later to become known as "Outsider Art." In 1948, Dubuffet founded the Compagnie de l'Art Brut in order to extend and document the collections he had recently begun. In 1976, after various adventures, the Collection de l'Art Brut moved to its permanent home in Lausanne.

This carefully researched book traces the history of the concept of Art Brut, which is inseparable from the work and personality of the man who did the most for the appreciation and preservation of these remarkable works. The account is completed by biographical notes on the artists featured and an extensive bibliography. The works reproduced, mostly from the collection created by Dubuffet, have retained their subversive freedom, which continues to fascinate and inspire artists and collectors today.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Other and the Elsewhere 11

Chapter 2 The First Art Brut Venture 35

Chapter 3 New York and Vence 105

Chapter 4 The Rebirth of the Compagnie de l'Art Brut 125

Chapter 5 An Antimuseum 177

Chapter 6 Affinities and Influences 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-313) and index.

ISBN:

2080105841

OCLC:

59531784