outsider art • art brut • the unclassifiable • the avant-avant-garde
• December 11, 2024 •
WELCOME TO brutjournal!
SO EXACTLY WHAT ARE WE UP TO HERE?
WELL WE’RE INTERESTED IN FORMS OF ART AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION THAT BREAK THE MOLD; THAT ARE FRESH, DIFFERENT, EXPERIMENTAL, DARING, AND DEFY FAMILIAR LABELS; AND THAT, FOR ALL THEIR INNOVATION OR FAR-OUT FORM, UNABASHEDLY CELEBRATE AND REAFFIRM THE HUMAN SPIRIT.
SOUND GOOD?
Born in 1948, Yoshifumi Hayashi studied philosophy in his native Japan but dropped out of university and, in 1974, moved to France. He is basically a self-taught artist, one who has developed a unique kind of erotic art.