JEAN DUBUFFET at THE BARBICAN, by Reader on May 3, 2021 7:03:32 GMT 1,

My initial interest in street art & graffiti grew from an interest in subcultures and Outsider art of all types, so it's great to see Dubuffet getting his dues. Apart from the growing prices over the years, the annual Outsider Art fair has to be one of the most honest and inspiring events I've ever attended.


Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty opens at the Barbican, London, on 17 May.
An accompanying book, by Eleanor Nairne is published by Prestel, £39.99.

He was the inventor of ‘art brut’ who rebelled against his parents, his teachers and then art itself. Yet the impact of his wild provocative paintings, often culled from graffiti, can still be seen today

"Which great artist of the 20th century has been most influential on the 21st? Neither Picasso nor Matisse, as they have no heirs. And not Marcel Duchamp, however much we genuflect before his urinal. No, the artist of the last century whose ideas are everywhere today was a wine merchant who took street art and fashioned it into something extraordinary more than 75 years ago"

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/03/crude-obscene-extraordinary-jean-dubuffets-war-against-good-taste-barbican

My initial interest in street art & graffiti grew from an interest in subcultures and Outsider art of all types, so it's great to see Dubuffet getting his dues. Apart from the growing prices over the years, the annual Outsider Art fair has to be one of the most honest and inspiring events I've ever attended.


Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty opens at the Barbican, London, on 17 May.
An accompanying book, by Eleanor Nairne is published by Prestel, £39.99.

He was the inventor of ‘art brut’ who rebelled against his parents, his teachers and then art itself. Yet the impact of his wild provocative paintings, often culled from graffiti, can still be seen today

"Which great artist of the 20th century has been most influential on the 21st? Neither Picasso nor Matisse, as they have no heirs. And not Marcel Duchamp, however much we genuflect before his urinal. No, the artist of the last century whose ideas are everywhere today was a wine merchant who took street art and fashioned it into something extraordinary more than 75 years ago"

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/03/crude-obscene-extraordinary-jean-dubuffets-war-against-good-taste-barbican