Art brut is a French term that translates as 'raw art', invented by the French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art by non-professional artists. It is an art that focus on the immediate and spontaneous, rather than intellectual concerns.
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| Jean Dubuffet Villa sur la route [Villa by the Road] 1957 |
I see it as art where the viewer is invited to approach an art piece in a bodily and emotional way instead of the analytical way. An art that speaks to our memory through a sensory perception.
I can see it being linked the philosophical term 'Phenomenology' - described by the french philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty in this quote:
'We know not through our intellect but through our experience.'
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| Installation 'Submerged' by Anne Gammelgaard |
Jean Dubuffet was a painter, sculptor and graphic artist. He combined his talents in one of my favorite pieces 'The Closerie Falbala' from 1973.
It is a huge installation made of concrete and epoxy resin. The big-scale piece invites the viewer into a somehow confusing black- and white world. It stands in contrast to the green grass and threes that surrounds it. The installation is placed in Périgny-sur-Yerres in France and can be defined as Land-art.
An art that relates itself to its placement outside of the gallery and museum institutions.
An art that you can approach without a cultural education.
An art that is for everyone.
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