outsider art • art brut • the unclassifiable • the avant-avant-garde
MAY 2022
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.
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In their new book England on Fire, image collector-curator Stephen Ellcock and writer Mat Osman create a portrait in unusual, unexpected pictures of their homeland. These images, Osman notes, are “more furious and magical than any Shakespeare play.”
STEPHEN ELLCOCK & MAT OSMAN’S NEW BOOK: ENGLAND ON FIRE