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Dubuffet Jean . 1901--85, French painter, inspired by graffiti and the untrained art of children and psychotics How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It included the largest collection of African art in private hands, and works by such legendary artists as Jean-Michael Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Red Grooms, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Ferdnand Leger, Richard Lindner, Jaques Lipchitz, Reginald Marsh, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso and Augeste Rodin. While he subscribes to the received wisdom that Twombly's beginnings must be seen as a dialogue with Jackson Pollock, hovering between the game preserves of automatism and industrialized spectacle, Leeman also recognizes the importance of Pollock's European counterparts--from Dubuffet to Fautrier, from Burri and Fontana to Manzoni. Borrowing from an assortment of artistic traditions - including Japanese kabuki, Mexican folk art and the paintings and sculptures of Jean Dubuffet - the director, who is also responsible for the set design, lighting (with Heinrich Brunke) and choreography, creates exuberant stage pictures and often invokes humor. |
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