Dimensions: support: 1499 x 2007 mm frame: 1545 x 2042 x 85 mm
Copyright: © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: Jean Dubuffet’s "Nimble Free Hand to the Rescue," a puzzle of shapes and colors, feels like a chaotic, yet contained world. What do you see in this piece, beyond the initial visual frenzy? Curator: It’s like peering into the subconscious, isn't it? Dubuffet was fascinated by the art of the untrained, of children, and the mentally ill. He called it "Art Brut." This work embodies that raw, unfiltered expression. Notice how the lines, though seemingly random, create a kind of rhythm? It’s a dance between order and chaos. A liberation of form! Editor: It definitely challenges traditional notions of beauty and composition. Curator: Precisely! Dubuffet sought to dismantle those very notions. He wanted art to be immediate, visceral, a direct conduit to feeling. It makes me wonder, what is it rescuing us from? Editor: Maybe from the constraints of our own expectations? Curator: Ah, a nimble free hand indeed!
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This is from a series of works known as 'Hourloupe'. They are characterised by flat interlocking shapes and striated colouring, usually red, white and blue. The starting point for this style in Dubuffet's work was some doodles he made with ballpoint pens while talking on the telephone in July 1962. 'Hourloupe' is an invented word, which contains the idea of 'making a fool of' someone, or of making mistakes. The word 'loupe' means knob or gnarl. This picture seems to represent several figures in a landscape. One of them appears to be juggling. Gallery label, September 2004
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