Went to see this exhibition at the Barbican In London. Dubuffet ( 1901- 1985) is one of the most provocative artists in postwar France. His art is indeed 'Raw', but never boring.
Dubuffet rejected the conventional notions of artistic beauty for the everyday, the mundane and the ugly. He turned his back on the academies and although conventionally trained frequently discarded traditional artistic materials, instead using things like cement, mud, glass, tar etc. .in his works.
His caricatures are clever and funny but often quite childlike. He was also skilled at lithographs.
Dubuffet was always keen to experiment and over the course of his career frequently re- invented himself from assembling butterfly wings to producing large enamel paintings and big cut-out theatrical shapes.
The exhibition has more than 150 of his works, a few are shown below.
Thank you Sonia. The small thumbnail images shown above don’t really do Dubuffet’s paintings justice. His works are quite large and impressive when viewed in the gallery..
Thanks George it’s very interesting the info you share on various artists. Not heard of this person and I have to admit it’s not my cup of tea. But very interesting to read your blog all the same.
Interesting George! Have to admit I have never heard of this artist. I guess he was very much of his time, experimenting with all sorts of media and certain artists have carried on with this approach.
Thanks for sharing this George.