‎WISSMER JEAN-MICHEL‎
‎ART BRUT EN QUESTION (S) -L'-‎

‎Art Brut en question. Outsider Art in Question (Collection Strates)‎

‎, [BE] CFC-Editions , 2015 Hardback, 280x220mm, 224p, 200 colour illustrations, English/French edition . ISBN 9782875720122.‎

‎Expo: Mons 2015, 20/6 - 6/9/2015, BAM, Mons A travers les contributions des directions des plus grandes collections d'Art Brut europeennes , cet ouvrage propose une approche historique et critique de l'Art Brut et 'outsider' ainsi qu'un large choix d'oeuvres emblematiques et originales. La premiere partie du livre, L'Art Brut hier et aujourd'hui retrace l'evolution du (ou des) 'sens' confere(s) au fil du temps aux creations issues des marges: de l'art asilaire defini par les psychiatres (1921-1980) -comme Walter Morgenthaler & Adolf Wolfli ou Hans Prinzhorn & Karl Brendel- a l'Art Brut, un terme du a Jean Dubuffet (des 1945) qui va bouleverser l'art du vingtieme siecle, jusqu'aux creations actuelles, dont la signification depasse la seule condition existentielle, mentale ou sociale, de leurs auteurs. S'y trouve aussi presente le 'schizometre' de Marco Decopeliada, remettant en question les criteres de classification des pathologies psychiatriques. Complementaire a cette retrospective revisitant les temps forts et les personnalites marquantes de l'Art Brut, le second volet du livre, Interaction, reunit les realisations issues d'un processus creatif participatif inedit: des artistes contemporains internationaux - Clea Coudsi & Eric Herbin, Lise Duclaux, Yves Lecomte, Mireille Lienard, Emilio Lopez-Menchero, Tinka Pittoors et Caroline Rottier - ont oeuvre en dialogue avec des residents d'une institution pour personnes handicapees mentales (Le Carrosse). Aux cotes de grands noms de l'Art Brut (Aloise Corbaz, Adolf Wolfli, Henri Darger, Willem Van Genk, Madge Gill, Andre Robillard, Raphael Lonne, Auguste Forestier, Gaston Chaissac.) et des decouvertes recentes faites en milieu institutionnel, des creations originales realisees de concert avec des artistes contemporains soulignent ainsi l'importance de la creation pour tous les protagonistes de l'Art Brut et 'outsider'. Avec contributions des directions des plus grandes collections d'Art Brut europeennes: Prinzhorn Sammlung, Heidelberg - LAM, Villeneuve d'Ascq - Hopital Sainte-Anne, Paris - Haus der Kunstler, Gugging - Museum Dr. Guislain, Gand - MADmusee, Liege - art & marges musee, Bruxelles This books deals with singular creations - produced by people who led or have led poignant lives, and which have resulted from innovative artistic dialogues. The first part, Outsider Art: Today and Yesterday, examines the meaning(s) that have over time been attributed to works created by people on the fringes of society : from asylum art, and how it is viewed by psychiatrists, to Art Brut - a notion invented by the artist Jean Dubuffet which revolutionised art in the twentieth century - and contemporary works, whose significance far outweighs the existential condition of their authors. With contributions from the managers of the largest collections of Art Brut in Europe. This art "on the margins of culture" has opened up wonderful worlds and has also sparked debates about the very meaning and purpose of art, both for the creator and the viewer. Associated with this retrospective review, which takes a look at the highlights and key figures of Art Brut, recent works emphasize the extent to which creative activity in psychiatric remains a living and vital reality. The second part of the book, Interaction, which is also complementary and avoids any attempt to categorise the work, covers works that have resulted from a unique participatory creative process : contemporary artists - Clea Coudsi & Eric Herbin, Lise Duclaux, Yves Lecomte, MIreille Lienard, Emilio Lopez-Menchero, Tinka Pittoors, and Caroline Rottier - produced works in collaboration with residents of Le Carrosse, an institution for people with mental disabilities. Including great names of Art Brut (Aloise Corbaz, Adolf Wolfli, Henri Darger, Willem Van Genk, Madge Gill, Andre Robillard, Raphael Lonne, Auguste Forestier and Gaston Chaissac) and recent discoveries made in psychiatric institutions. ‎