Jean Dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985) was a French painter and sculptor known for the development of the artistic movement ‘Art Brut’. ‘ Art Brut’ or raw art, referred to the...
Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985) was a French painter and sculptor known for the development of the artistic movement ‘Art Brut’. ‘Art Brut’ or raw art, referred to the art of children, prisoners, and the mentally ill, and was a reaction to the academic tradition of fine art. To reflect the qualities of ‘Art Brt’, Dubuffet used childlike and obsessive mark-making and unorthodox materials such as sand, tar, and trash. His drawings and paintings have an unfinished appearance, which further reflects his desire to show creative possibilities beyond the conventions of the day. Not limited to painting and sculpture, Dubuffet continued to explore the potential of ‘Art Brut’ with his experimentation in musical composition and creating architectural environments. Dubuffet’s works reside in galleries and museums around the world such as the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He recently had a retrospective in 2019 in Venice called Jean Dubuffet & Venezia.