Jean Dubuffet: Anticultural Positions

Synopsis

The Catalogue To A Groundbreaking Exhibition Of Dubuffet's Seminal Art Brut And Including Historic Essays By The Artist Published For The First Time. This Is The First Book To Be Published On Dubuffet's Early Work In Painting And Sculpture In More Than Two Decades. Organized By Mark Rosenthal, The Exhibition Focuses On Dubuffet's Work From 1943 To 1959, And Emphasizes The Artist's Anti-cultural Approach In His Depiction Of Subjects And His Use Of Unorthodox Materials. Several Works By The French Painter Are On Loan From Private Collections And Museums.0exhibition: Acquavella Galleries, Nyc, Usa (15.04. - 10.06.2016). Foreword / Nicholas Acquavella -- Jean Dubuffet Master Disrupter / Mark Rosenthal -- Anticultural Positions / Jean Dubuffet -- Physiognomic Illegibility : Jean Dubuffet's Postwar Portraits / Kent Mitchell Minturn -- Little Chat / Jean Dubuffet, Translation By Sara Ansari With Kent Mitchell Minturn -- Jean Dubuffet : Techniques And Materials / Anny Aviram And Cecilia Winter -- Works In Exhibition -- Chronology -- Checklist -- Acknowledgments -- Credits. With Essays By Mark Rosenthal, Kent Mitchell Minturn, Anny Aviram. This Publication Accompanies The Exhibition Jean Dubuffet : Anticultural Positions On View April 15-june 10, 2016 At The Acquavella Galleries, New York. Includes Bibliographical References.