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Book SynopsisA revelatory glimpse into the passions and obsessions of 60 visionary artists through the medium of their personal sketchbooks, treatises, storybooks, grimoires, and journals. This unprecedented gathering of handmade books from the most notable Art Brut artists has been brought together expressly for this publication from both public and private collections. Each volume is showcased in separate chapters featuring the cover and a selection of inside pages, with accompanying commentary. They cover the period from the early 20th century to the present, and include works by Horst Ademeit, Alöise, Giovanni Bosco, James Castle, Henry Darger, Charles Dellschau, Malcolm MacKesson, Dan Miller, Michel Nedjar, Jean Perdrizet, Royal Robertson, Charles Steffen, Oskar Voll, August Walla, and Adolf Wölfli, among others.
Text in English and French.
Table of ContentsSommaire Contents p. 6 Préface Christian Berst p. 8 Preface Christian Berst p. 10 Le temps d’autrui, ou les apparences fissurées Graciela García Muñoz p. 14 Others’ Time, or Fissured Appearances Graciela García Muñoz p. 18-397 01 Henry Darger 02 Adolf Wölfli 03 Aloïse Corbaz 04 Antinéa 05 Beverly Gayleen Aiken 06 James Castle 07 Pearl Blauvelt 08 Henri Histe 09 Peter Mikolajewski 10 August Walla 11 Rudolf Heinrichshofen 12 August Johann Klose 13 Oskar Voll 14 James Edward Deeds Jr 15 Anonyme 16 Alexander von Schwartzenberg 17 Charles Steffen 18 Malcolm McKesson 19 Éric Benetto 20 Aurel Iselstöger 21 Michel Nedjar 22 Josvedy Jove Junco 23 Henry Speller 24 Anselme Boix-Vives 25 Giovanni Bosco 26 Yuichiro Ukai 27 Itsuo Kobayashi 28 Giuseppe Barocchi 29 Carlos Augusto Giraldo 30 Aníbal Brizuela 31 Rigo 32 Jorge Alberto Cadi 33 « Prophet » Royal Robertson 34 Milton Schwartz 35 Pierre Richard 36 John Devlin 37 J. B. Murray 38 Jill Gallieni 39 Joseph Lambert 40 Xie Hong 41 Kunizo Matsumoto 42 Dan Miller 43 Ramón Losa 44 Agatha Wojciechowsky 45 Anonyme, cahier spirite 46 Patricia Salen 47 Jean Perdrizet 48 Henry Cresswell 49 Zdeněk Košek 50 Joseph Giraudo 51 Pascal Jacquens 52 Jean Fick 53 Horst Ademeit 54 Jean-Daniel Allanche 55 Adelhyd van Bender 56 Oscar Morales 57 Josef Heinrich Grebing 58 Charles Dellschau 59 Karl Hans Janke
