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Jean Fautrier
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• no form, his work was largely autobiographical
• he worked for the french resistance movement and witnessed many atrocities • his work consists of much layering scratching and has a formless quality- considered to be anti-academic, anti-rational-emotional. considered "magic realism" or ritualistic. |
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Head of a Hostage, 1943
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• realistic component, basically the size of an actual head
• no distinct form, ruff materials significantly layered(4 layers). If you identify layers, the artist is talking about time. "primitive" style - cave painting like • he gives an abstraction of an actual event during war • art informal - no traditional or conventional forms |
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Jean Dubuffet
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• raw art it is "primitive" and earthly
• he explored the art of children and the insane • his intention was to produce an art that was unmediated and "pure" • he rejected traditional art styles & techniques • He painted scenes of Germany's occupation of Paris during the war. |
