DUBUFFET AND ART BRUT
Outsider Art
October 12, 2024 – February 16, 2025
curated by Sarah Lombardi and Anic Zanzi, with the assistance of Baptiste Brun for Jean Dubuffet section
in collaboration with the Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
The exhibition, produced by 24 ORE Cultura – Gruppo 24 ORE, promoted by the Municipality of Milan – Department of Culture with the patronage of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Milan and with Fondazione Deloitte as Institutional Partner, explains the extraordinary expressive power of Art Brut, of this artistic and revolutionary vision from which many contemporary artists have drawn inspiration and which continues to be vital today, in the belief that art is for anyone a voice to be resonated through the expression of unexpected beauty.
Born in the heart of a post-war Paris, far from the halls of art museums and the refined salons, the Art Brut, defined and theorized by the French artist and theorist Jean Dubuffet, is a ‘raw,’ ‘pure,’ ‘unfiltered’ art.
Through a four-part itinerary, in a preliminary space, the exhibition presents a body of works and documents that place the invention of the concept of Art Brut in a historical perspective, relative to Jean Dubuffet’s work as an artist, writer and collector.
Next is a selection of works from his explorations, demonstrating the breadth and quality of his research in this field before the 1971 donation. A third set of works from the five continents is related to the themes of body and beliefs (both recurring in Art Brut). Because of their subjects and origins, these works and authors particularly resonate with the collections of the Museum.
The exhibition project, specially conceived for MUDEC – Museo delle Culture, is made possible thanks to the cooperation with the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, owner of an extraordinary collection of over 70,000 works, originated from the core of the exceptional donation made by Dubuffet to the City of Lausanne in 1971. There are drawings, paintings, sculptures and textile works, the number of which is still growing today thanks to purchases and donations from new authors.
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0254917 (mon-fri 9.00-18.00)
October 12, 2024 – February 16, 2025
Monday 2.30pm – 7.30pm
Tuesday – Wednesday – Friday – Sunday 9.30am – 7.30pm
Thursday – Saturday 9.30am – 10.30pm
LAST ENTRY ONE HOUR BEFORE CLOSING TIME
MUDEC
Via Tortona 56, Milan
