El art brut It was defined by the French artist Jean Dubuffet as any artistic practice, intermittent or permanent, carried out by a person "untainted" by culture. Although Dubuffet redefined the nature of this concept over the years, art brut allowed
From the outset, the aim was to reevaluate works and artists that had traditionally remained outside the margins of "official" art. This volume, which compiles all the interventions of the cycle About Art Brut, held between February and April 2006 in el Círculo de Bellas Artes Under the direction of Serge Fauchereau, art historian and curator, this book addresses the key aspects of an artistic movement whose historical roots stretch back to the mid-20th century but which is sometimes interpreted in a much broader sense. This broader scope raises numerous questions: Do children, the mentally ill, or mystics create art brut? What is the relationship, for example, between Adolf Wölfi, confined for life in a psychiatric hospital, and the miner Lesage, who believed he obeyed the voices of spirits? The texts collected in these pages explore the phenomenon of art brut combining conceptual debate, historical review and a detailed approach to some of its central figures.
The book includes articles by Serge Fauchereau, Dolores Durán Úcar, Joëlle Pijaudier-Cabot, Lucienne Peiry, Guillermo Solana, Juan Manuel Bonet, Josette Rasle, Emmanuel Guigon, Carlos Pérez.

Articles about Art Brut in the magazine Minerva