Celestial Epics
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Celestial Epics: Art Brut from the Decharme Collection. 1 March – 19 May 2024. Villa Medici, Rome.
Under the direction of Bruno Decharme and Barbara Safarova.
Published by Empire – abcd / Système B & Villa Medici
Curators: Bruno Decharme, Caroline Courrioux, Barbara Safarova et Sam Stourdze.
At the heart of an Academy where mastery is acquired through practice and craft, the exhibition Celestial Epics challenges our certainties and casts both a critical and benevolent gaze upon the margins of creation, advancing the idea that to make a world is to make a work. The exhibition featured 180 works.
CONTENTS
Notes for a History of Art Brut in Italy — Gustavo Giacosa
I – Journals of the World — Barbara Safarova
II – Anarchitectures — Barbara Safarova
III – Encounters with Ghosts — Barbara Safarova
IV – Scientific Heterotopias — Barbara Safarova
V – “I” Is Another — Barbara Safarova
French / Italian
24 × 31 cm
172 pages + folded poster
Design: Syndicat
2024
€28