Art Brut

Art Brut

La Maison Rouge

Lubos Plny. © Collection abcd / Bruno Decharme.

October 16, 2014

October 18, 2014–January 18, 2015

La maison rouge
10 bd de la bastille
75012 Paris
Hours: Wednesday–Sunday11am–7pm,
Thursday 11am–9pm

www.lamaisonrouge.org

In what is its 12th exhibition of a private collection, la maison rouge is presenting the world’s biggest privately held ensemble of art brut, owned by Frenchman Bruno Decharme. 

The genre has, in recent years, gained prominence: the market for art brut has taken off worldwide; specialised galleries and fairs are increasingly numerous; art brut features in exhibitions of contemporary art, including the last Venice Biennale. Art brut raises questions. La maison rouge stages regular showings of art brut and its founder, Antoine de Galbert, is also a collector. Since opening in 2004, la maison rouge has sought to make bridges between different fields of creativity through exhibitions that show art brut alongside contemporary works (Arnulf Rainer’s collection of art brut and Inspired Artists: Elmar Trenkwalder and Augustin Lesage), or which return to major corpuses such as those of Louis Soutter or Henry Darger.

This exhibition presents a selection of 400 of the 3,500 works gathered by Bruno Decharme over the last 30 years and more, made by artists from all around the world in the period going from the mid-19th century to the present day. It was conceived by Bruno Decharme and Antoine de Galbert as a sequence of 12 thematic sections, or a journey in 12 stages that guides visitors through a corpus that is still little known and has long been ignored by art history.

Advertisement
RSVP
RSVP for Art Brut
La Maison Rouge
October 16, 2014

Thank you for your RSVP.

La Maison Rouge will be in touch.

Subscribe

e-flux announcements are emailed press releases for art exhibitions from all over the world.

Agenda delivers news from galleries, art spaces, and publications, while Criticism publishes reviews of exhibitions and books.

Architecture announcements cover current architecture and design projects, symposia, exhibitions, and publications from all over the world.

Film announcements are newsletters about screenings, film festivals, and exhibitions of moving image.

Education announces academic employment opportunities, calls for applications, symposia, publications, exhibitions, and educational programs.

Sign up to receive information about events organized by e-flux at e-flux Screening Room, Bar Laika, or elsewhere.

I have read e-flux’s privacy policy and agree that e-flux may send me announcements to the email address entered above and that my data will be processed for this purpose in accordance with e-flux’s privacy policy*

Thank you for your interest in e-flux. Check your inbox to confirm your subscription.