From Dubuffet to Art Brut,” opened the exhibition at Mudec
The exhibition “From Dubuffet to Art Brut,” opened on October 12, 2024 at Mudec, specially conceived for the Museo delle Culture, aims at bringing to Italy an exhibition project that finally tells the Milanese public about the extraordinary expressive power of Art Brut, of this artistic and revolutionary vision from which many contemporary artists have drawn inspiration and which continues to be vital today, in the belief that art is for anyone a voice to be resonated through the expression of unexpected beauty.
The exhibition “From Dubuffet to Art Brut”, produced by 24 ORE Cultura – Gruppo 24 ORE, promoted by the Municipality of Milan – Department of Culture with the patronage of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Milan and with Fondazione Deloitte as Institutional Partner, is made possible thanks to the cooperation with the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, owner of an extraordinary collection of over 70,000 works, originated from the core of the exceptional donation made by Dubuffet to the City of Lausanne in 1971. There are drawings, paintings, sculptures and textile works, the number of which is still growing today thanks to purchases and donations from new authors.
From this Swiss Museum over 70 works on display are coming, including some “historical” works from the Lausanne museum such as the magnificent compositions of major figures of Art Brut, such as Aloïse Corbaz and Adolf Wölfli, namely together with some sculptures by Émile Ratier and some paintings by Carlo Zinelli (the most famous Italian author of Art Brut).
Through a four-part itinerary, in a preliminary space, the exhibition presents a body of works and documents that place the invention of the concept of Art Brut in a historical perspective, relative to Jean Dubuffet's work as an artist, writer and collector.
Next is a selection of works from his explorations, demonstrating the breadth and quality of his research in this field before the 1971 donation. A third set of works from the five continents is related to the themes of body and beliefs (both recurring in Art Brut). Because of their subjects and origins, these works and authors particularly resonate with the collections of the Museo delle Culture in Milan.
