The vast theme of spiritualism lies at the heart of Art Brut collections. It is as though the enigmatic realm inhabited by gods and the dead forms part of a universal imagination. Are these creations a response to metaphysical questions, or a more or less discreet emanation of the unconscious? The unconscious itself was also a driving force behind 20th-century art—particularly Surrealism—revealing itself as a source of spontaneous, “uncontrolled,” and especially inventive creations that broke away from academic conventions.
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