dubuffet

1. Hans Prinzhorn, “Artistry of the Mentally Ill”, 1972 reprint
2. Antonia Dapena-Tretter, “Jean Dubuffet & Art Brut: The Creation of an Avant-Garde Identity”, 2017
3. Margit Rowell, “Jean Dubuffet: A Retrospective”, 1973, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
4. www.outsiderartfair.com
5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Cardinal_(art_historian)
6. Roger Cardinal, “Outsider Art and the Autistic Creator”, 2009

When I sat with Eric at his gallery, not far from the Metropolitan museum, he told me his story. He comes from a great family of printers in Paris since 1852. They used to work with Picasso, Calder, Chagall, Miró and Dubuffet. To name just a few. He became a galerist to participate in his artists’creative process and to make it available to other people. I asked him: Is it better to know the artist to better know the work?

I sat with Valérie to better know her curating process. Objects can speak when they resonate. When she curates an exhibition, she tries to make them resonate with the larger audience. 

Si l'artiste français Jean Dubuffet (1901-1984) est devenu célèbre dans les années 60 grâce à ses sculptures monumentales aux couleurs primaires cerclées de noir, il fut aussi l'un des premiers théoriciens de l'Art brut, ces oeuvres réalisées par des marginaux ou malades mentaux qui n'ont pas suivi de formation artistique formelle. Les collages réalisés dans la dernière décennie de sa vie, moins connus du grand public, sont directement inspirés de ces travaux.