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In 1940s occupied Paris, Jean Dubuffet began to champion a
progressive vision for art; one that rejected classical notions of
beauty in favor of a more visceral aesthetic. Taking a pioneering
approach to materiality and technique, the artist variously blended
paint with sand, glass, tar, coal dust and string. At the same
time, he began to assemble a collection of art brut-work that was
made outside the academic tradition of fine art- even visiting
psychiatric wards from 1945 to collect work by patients. This book
features texts from leading scholars and is accompanied by images
that illuminate Dubuffet's attempts to move beyond the artistic
expectations of his time. The works are grouped into six thematic
sections that focus on specific series, from his graffiti-inspired
"Walls" and his notorious portrait series, "People are Much More
Beautiful Than They Think" to the "Corps de dames", a controversial
series of "female" landscapes, and his anthropomorphic sculptures,
"Little Statues of Precarious Life." Exquisitely produced, this
celebration of Dubuffet's work embraces his world view that art is
for everyone, not just the elite.
The catalogue to a groundbreaking exhibition of Dubuffet's seminal
Art Brut and including historic essays by the artist published for
the first time. This is the first book to be published on
Dubuffet's early work in painting and sculpture in more than two
decades. Organized by Mark Rosenthal, the exhibition focuses on
Dubuffet's work from 1943 to 1959, and emphasizes the artist's
anti-cultural approach in his depiction of subjects and his use of
unorthodox materials. Several works by the French painter are on
loan from private collections and museums.
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