Curiously, Dubuffet’s anti-hierarchical approach to art did not translate to similar views on society.
Jean Dubuffet
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Discovering the Women of Art Brut
In Vienna, a new exhibition showcases the ideas and accomplishments of self-taught female artists.
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The Subtle Madness of Larry Poons and Jean Dubuffet
Who would have thought that Dubuffet’s “art brut” style would eventually find an affinity with the gritty, unconventional large-scale paintings Poons made three decades later?
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The Outsider Artist Who Built His Own Private “Disneyland”
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Outsider artists walk a fine line between being perceived as inspired or insane.
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Jean Dubuffet and Art Brut in the US: A Historical Moment Re-examined
What if canonical art history had been written not by academics but by art’s makers themselves? Who would have been included in such a history, and who would have been left out?
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Encounters with an Artist Who Paints in Public
CHICAGO — Artist Audrey Ushenko literally makes public art.
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Weekend Studio Visit: Melissa Meyer in Midtown Manhattan, New York
Over the past decade, Melissa Meyer, rightfully characterized by David Cohen “as virtually without a peer as a lyrical abstractionist,” moved from the lyrical to the disjunctive.
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Alfonso Ossorio: A Shot of Painterly Heroin
When I first became of aware of the work of Alfonso Ossorio, it was through his off-the-wall (no pun intended) assemblages from the 1960s. Though they’re extremely approachable, these works can also make one feel uneasy; they vibrate with the sort of psychedelic energy that marks that decade.
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Jean Dubuffet’s Lasting Legacy
BRIGHTON, U.K. — Perhaps it is little wonder the last time Jean Dubuffet was reviewed in a public gallery in the United Kingdom, the year was 1966 and the decade was swinging. The French painter’s love of raw creativity was of a piece with the social revolutions taking place. His invention of Art Brut was perhaps the rough, raw yin to Pop art’s glossy yang.
