outsider art • art brut • the unclassifiable • the avant-avant-garde
MAY-JUNE 2023
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?
Above: Sebastián Hidalgo, “Planeta Piedra” (“Planet Stone”), 2021, oil on linen, 35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches (90 x 120 centimeters). This painting was recently on view in the group exhibition Imago Ignota at Fortnight Institute, a gallery in New York.
SEBASTIÁN HIDALGO PAINTS A MOST MYSTERIOUS PAINTING