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art brut(French; “raw art”) Art produced by people outside the established art world, particularly crude, inexperienced, or obscene works created by the untrained or the mentally ill. The term was coined by Jean Dubuffet, who regarded such works as the purest form of expression. See also naive art. |
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He, too, concerns himself with the art-worthiness of the objects: "One sort of question keeps on being asked: 'Is this authentic art brut or is it just vulgar mass production aimed at tourists? Rumblings of other hot tickets like the Rakes, Art Brut, and the Ark surfaced after a day or so of show-hopping and comparing notes with the bleary-eyed in line at Las Manitas for breakfast each morning. ART BRUT: Taking their name from the French-defined notion of "outsider" art, Art Brut is led by mustachioed frontman Eddie Argos, whose why-sing-when-talking-is-so much-less-strenuous vocals and overall blase persona probably wouldn't work if the group's songs weren't so pluperfectly smart/stupid. |
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