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Art Brut basically opposes all accepted categories as well as all normative descriptions. It is possible to define what it is not, but it is extremely difficult to say what it is and even harder – what it will be like in the future. Its essential feature is not to fit into accepted categories. Dubuffet was of the opinion that Art Brut is simply art, primary art, “genuine” art… Art Brut as an act of resistance? Resistance towards that which splits, divides, disintegrates and fragmentises the subject. An attempt made each morning to establish contact with the world and oneself, to mentally and physically get prepared, to survive through another day, to build a fragile integrity, constantly threatened by the turbulent inner world, in which it lives, but also by the chaos of the outer world, which it attacks and de-concentrates.
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Text written upon the occasion of an exhibition held at the BTL Gallery in Białystok (2008), featuring Adam Nidzgorski, a Polish-French Art Brut artist.
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In this comprehensive paper, I present the thesis that the clinical biopower-which means biopouvoir according to Michel Foucault-can be countered with the help of artistic ability. In this sense, the psychiatric clinic may turn into a space of inclusion, respect, and true self-unfolding. Following Jean Dubuffet, I give a definition of art brut and analyze some works of German and Austrian outsiders of the 20th century, who succeeded in overcoming life-crises, such as childhood poverty, experiences of war, psychical illness, or social ostracism. I match the biopolitical character of psychiatry clinics against the most recent ideas of art therapy. The remainder of the article is organized in four parts: (1) Introduction: Raw Art, (2) Alterity: Beyond of Normality and Pathology, (3) Talent for Sovereignty, (4) Conclusion: The Between.
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