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Affichage des articles du juillet 6, 2014

RAW, COLOURFUL AND VERY DIFFERENT

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Usually I go with Laurent to the Halle Saint-Pierre but our last experiences were not up to standard, so this time I decided to go alone. Frankly it would have been great if Jé and Lo had been there as Jerome would have taken photographs galore instead of leaving me to sneak them. Well at least I was only caught once but there were many more photos I would have taken - if - No doubt at all, this exhibition was different. It was called « Raw Vision ». A magazine celebrating its 25th anniversary in London. This was the first publication to present non-conventional folk art forms and bring them to International attention. By the time it was launched in 1989 there had already been considerable growth of private collections and exhibitions. Remember Aloise ? TWO DAYS OF WEALTH AND COLOUR ( 7/10/2012) It was Dubuffet who put her on the map along with this kind of « art brut » . There are 80 artists displayed from Europe, America, Africa, India, Japan brought together to present one of the m