Delight in Discovery
A brief history of outsider art
The label “art brut” was used in 1945 by French painter Jean Dubuffet to describe art created by persons with no artistic culture. He thus built on the 1920 works and findings of Dr. Hans Prinzhon on the “art of the mentally ill” also called “asylum art”, and on Dr. Walter Morgenthaler’s 1921 study of psychiatric patient Adolf Wölfli, the most iconic asylum artist. While visiting psychiatric institutes in Switzerland and France, Dubuffet quickly gleaned a vast collection of such works that will be managed by the “Compagnie de l’art brut“, with which André Breton will for a time be associated. The term “outsider art” has since commonly been used as the English equivalent for “art brut”. Abonnez-vous au contenu de notre site internet pour lire ce texte. Subscribe to our Website content to read more
Text by HélèneCaroline Fournier
The label “art brut” was used in 1945 by French painter Jean Dubuffet to describe art created by persons with no artistic culture. He thus built on the 1920 works and findings of Dr. Hans Prinzhon on the “art of the mentally ill”…
Delight in Discovery
Immersing oneself into Diane Coudé’s paintings is like strolling along a quiet pathway, away from the crowd. Her intimate interiors, bathed in diffuse enveloping light, are alcoves of calm and tranquility, conducive to contemplation. One can almost hear the clock’s ticking and the cat’s purr.
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Immersing oneself into Diane Coudé’s paintings is like strolling along a quiet pathway, away from the crowd. Her intimate interiors, bathed in…
Delight in Discovery
“An artist should never copy nature, but rather take elements of nature and create a new assemblage that will touch people’s imagination.” – Magritte
No key code is needed to unlock Manon Potvin’s paintings. Animals, human figures, elements of nature, reveal themselves instantly through a fantastic and visionary dimension that touches us beyond all understanding. Penetrating Manon Potvin’s universe is a suave experience which causes us to dive straight into a world of surrealism and symbolism.
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On communiquera avec l’artiste par le biais de son site : www.manonpotvin.com
No key code is needed to unlock Manon Potvin’s paintings. Animals, human figures, elements of nature, reveal themselves instantly…
Delight in Discovery
The Dali of printmaking
On the phone, the voice is joyful; the melodious accent titillates the ear. I am speaking with Christine Argillet, daughter of Pierre Argillet, collector, highly talented publisher and printer of Salvador Dali’s major etchings. The conversation is filled with anecdotes and complicit laughter stemming from a shared common passion for the works of the Master, with whom she was well acquainted and interacted on a daily basis till she turned seventeen.
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Galerie Ambiance, 81, Saint-Paul Street East, Montréal, 514-396- 6670, from October 18, 2014.
On the phone, the voice is joyful; the melodious accent titillates the ear. I am speaking with Christine Argillet, daughter…