ARTISTS
Art Brut Ornaments
Eccentric, maladjusted, deviant, the creators of Art Brut hardly find a place in the community where they cannot or do not want to fit in. They see their raison d鈥櫭猼re only in the expression of their fictions : works that they produce as self-taught artists, against the trend, and for which they feel no need for social or cultural recognition or approval.
The singular Art Brut ornaments presented in this exhibition have a strong symbolic significance. Each artist has worn them, making their own body the medium of their expression, except for Kenneth Rasmussen who does not wear his creations. Designed with humble materials, often recovered and transformed, these ceremonial outfits have been sewn, knitted, crocheted, embroidered, woven or painted in a spirit of both enchantment and irony. They have a value of resistance.
Eccentric, maladjusted, deviant, the creators of Art Brut hardly find a place in the community where they cannot or do not want to fit in. They see their raison d鈥櫭猼re only in the expression of their fictions : works that they produce as self-taught artists, against the trend, and for which they feel no need for social or cultural recognition or approval.
The singular Art Brut ornaments presented in this exhibition have a strong symbolic significance. Each artist has worn them, making their own body the medium of their expression, except for Kenneth Rasmussen who does not wear his creations. Designed with humble materials, often recovered and transformed, these ceremonial outfits have been sewn, knitted, crocheted, embroidered, woven or painted in a spirit of both enchantment and irony. They have a value of resistance.
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