Tag Archives: Art Brut

DEPARTMENT OF ABERRATIONS

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Dave

French artist Jean Dubuffet( 1901-1985) said that he was not a revolutionary but a permanent subversive. His work. however, coincided with attempts in other fields to dispute the accepted values of Western culture.The ethnologist Claude Levi-Strauss had convincingly shown that … Continue reading →

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SAVAGERY SMOTHERED IN LOVE

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Dave

“Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness.” — Jean Dubuffet, 1951.Jean Dubuffet ( 1901-1985 ). A visionary of modern anti-culture. He had a private Art Brut museum, where the world’s largest … Continue reading →

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