art brut summary

Know the concept of art brut coined by Jean Dubuffet

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art brut, (French: “raw art”) Art produced by people outside the established art world, particularly crude, inexperienced, or obscene works created by the untrained or the mentally ill. The term was coined by Jean Dubuffet, who regarded such works as the purest form of expression. See also naive art.

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