Through audio descriptions and reference podcasts, discover Art Brut, its female and male authors, as well as their works.
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The Collection of Art Brut is committed to making Art Brut accessible to every person and offers to discover this unique universe in various ways. Audio descriptions are available from the website or in the museum, thanks to a QR code placed next to the relevant works.
Through audio descriptions, immerse yourself in the world of the artworks.
What is Art Brut?
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untitled, Fraisse, Clément, 1930 - 1931
low-relief of carved wood panels, 170 x 383 cm, © crédit photographique Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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untitled (detail), Gill, Madge
Indian ink on linen canvas, 168 x 784 cm, © crédit photographique Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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untitled, Ratier, Emile, sans date
wood sculpture and various materials, haut. 219 cm
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Untitled, Sirvins, Marguerite, entre 1944 et 1955
dress, needle-made lace, haut. 95 cm, © crédit photographique Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne
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Saint Adolf portant les lunettes entre les deux villes géantes Niess et Mia, Wölfli, Adolf, 1924
coloured pencil on paper, 51 x 68 cm, © crédit photographique Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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Napoleon III in Cherbourg, Corbaz, Aloïse , entre 1952 et 1954
colored pencil and geranium sap on sheets of paper sewn together, 164 x 117 cm, © crédit photographique Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
Clemens Wild Exhibition - 14 June to 27 October 2024, Wild, Clemens
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Diana, Wild, Clemens, 2012
graphite, coloured pencil, felt pen and acrylic paint on paper, 206,5 x 74,5, © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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Romy, Wild, Clemens, 2013
graphite, coloured pencil, felt pen and acrylic paint on paper, 198,5 x 75, © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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Moni Bär, Wild, Clemens, 2016
graphite, coloured pencil, felt pen and acrylic paint on paper, 235 x 99,5 cm, © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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Drei Grazien, Wild, Clemens, 2021
graphite, coloured pencil, felt pen and acrylic paint on paper, 220 x 134,5, © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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Sabine, Wild, Clemens, 2016
graphite, coloured pencil, felt pen and acrylic paint on paper, 207 x 99,5 cm, © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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Anjuli, Wild, Clemens, 2016
graphite, coloured pencil, felt pen and acrylic paint on paper, 210,5 x 99,5, © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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Sam (Samantha), Wild, Clemens, 2016
lead pencil, colored pencil, felt-tip pen and acrylic paint on paper, 219 x 99,5 cm, © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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Rosmarie und Sofija Maric, Wild, Clemens, 2021
graphite, coloured pencil, felt pen and acrylic paint on paper bag, 230 x 134,5, © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
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Select a female author or an author and listen to their biography
Explore the world of Art Brut through the lens of different themes, in radio productions giving a voice to specialists or artists.
Discussion with Sarah Lombardi, director of the Collection of Art Brut since 2013, Michel Thévoz, first director of the Collection of Art Brut, as well as Mario del Curto, photographer, and Chloé Falcy, writer, interview with the author Diego de Mauri.
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In this new episode of “Painted Voices”, a discussion with Sarah Lombardi, art historian and director of the Collection of Art Brut since 2013, and Annalisa Izzo, specialist in comparative literature and keen observer of marginal languages, on the origins of the concept forged by Jean Dubuffet in 1945
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The guests: "50 years Collection of Art Brut", Sarah Lombardi, Michel Thévoz & Mario del Curto
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Collection of Art Brut in Lausanne, Vertigo receives live from the site the director Sarah Lombardi, the founder Michel Thévoz and the famous photographer Mario del Curto.
By Anne Laure Gannac and Florence Grivel, the Vertigo columnist specializing in visual arts.
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Carol Bailly is a figure of Swiss Romandy Art Brut, known for her color‑saturated drawings of ladies with eccentric hairstyles. Pierre Aebischer has used his pens for 25 years for a monumental work, before working on his hypnagogic black‑and‑white drawings. Both artists live in the canton of Fribourg and open the doors to their respective creative universes.
Reportage by Arditë Shabani / Direction: Sandro Lisci / Production: Laurence Difélix
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Long ignored, Art Brut is today the object of desire and is generating increasing enthusiasm. Balthazar Lovay is a gallerist in Geneva and represents the Art Brut author Pascal Vonlanthen. Bruno Decharme is one of the world's greatest collectors of Art Brut and has just donated nearly 1,000 works to the Centre Pompidou. But isn’t there a paradox in commercializing an art that is conceived so far from the markets?
Reportage by Arditë Shabani / Direction Sandro Lisci / Production Laurence Difélix
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Art Brut is not limited to visual works. At the Collection of Art Brut in Lausanne, Vincent Monod, archivist, is passionate about an unknown facet of this free expression: music. Louis Billette is a saxophonist. He uses music as a mediation tool: thanks to his improvisation skills, he accompanies his brother Romain, a rapper and poet suffering from schizophrenia.
Reportages by Arditë Shabani / Directed by Sandro Lisci / Produced by Laurence Difélix
The Collection of Art Brut, Lausanne, brings together hundreds of works by outsiders and authors on the margins of society. Singular, sublime or frightening works of art that are not intended to be exhibited. In the museum’s storerooms, Lucile takes care of the conservation of these pieces, which is a puzzle: how to preserve works created with fleeting materials? Should we preserve what was not intended to be preserved?
Reportage by Arditë Shabani / Direction Sandro Lisci / Production Laurence Difélix
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Through this exciting selection of programs about Art Brut, immerse yourself in this movement of absolute freedom, of groundbreaking creativity that never ceases to inspire young artists.
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