Purest form of creation: Art Brut

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In many cultures, it has been a long-established practice to apply various domains of art as therapy methods in asylums, prisons and rehabilitation centres in order to help people express themselves and their current circumstances and to aid cure themselves. Hans Prinzhorn’s book entitled ‘Artistry of the mentally ill’, which was published in 1924 in Berlin has been the initial resource for Art Brut, also known as ‘raw art’. A French artist, Jean Dubuffet has first used Art Brut as an artistic term in 1945, which has ignited major debates in the artistic milieu. The ultimate goal of these artists was to unveil the works of those with no art education, of mentally ill patients, rejected and marginalised individuals, children and major criminals, in order to question the authenticity of all established approaches to art through the revelation of instinctive expression and
the purest form of creation.
Keywords: Art Brut, Jean Dubuffet, raw art, outsider art, primitive art.

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Purest form of creation: Art Brut. (2018). New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 5(6), 134–142. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v5i6.3850
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