The Christian Berst art brut gallery has had to restrict access to its exhibition space in Passage des Gravilliers. Yet, the gallery has been documenting all its exhibitions dating back to 2017 through digital recordings that allow you to virtually revisit and immerse yourself in the shows.

This collection of images includes dozens of exhibitions that the gallery communicates about through their newsletters and social media platforms. Stay tuned to relive these exceptional moments where selected works have been presented, exhibited, and valued highly by many collectors. 

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CURRENT EXHIBITION

IN ABSTRACTO #2

** Link to see the exhibition virtually **

The Christian Berst art brut gallery presents “in abstracto #2” a group exhibition of abstract artwork produced by twenty-five established and contemporary artists.

Art brut and abstraction, far from any figuration

Previously the notion of abstract art brut has been at best an oxymoron; at worst an antinomy. Yet, if we are now willing to look at the works closely, rather than blindly admit the exclusions on which Jean Dubuffet based his theory of art brut, we must face the facts: many works of art brut escape greatly from the figuration in which we thought we could keep this field locked up.

As early as 1922, psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn preferred the works of his patients who manifested a ‘purer’ state to those that were overly narrative, in that the process that gives rise to them would not be subject to the interference of cultural conditioning and artistic know-how. This is empahsized in Raphaël Koenig’s exhibition catalogue for “in asbtracto #2”.

In forging his conception of art brut in opposition to the abstract art that was popular at the time, Dubuffet certainly did not appreciate the extent to which non-figurative art brut considerably broadened his quest for essentiality: at most he accepted the seismographs of the spiritualists.

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Christian Berst art brut gallery

Since 2005, galerie christian berst – internationally renowned as a benchmark in the field of art brut – has been driven by the founder’s passion to support artists off the beaten track, whether “classics” already exhibited in museums or collections or contemporary discoveries with the promise of art world recognition.

The gallery sets itself apart through its exhibitions, its participations in international art fairs as well as its publications - having published more than 60 bilingual catalogues up to this day - or its conferences, screenings and other cultural events that encourage a wider audience to discover the mysteries of art brut.

INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONTACT
Lindsey Williams
lwilliams@communicart.fr / +33 (0) 7 69 98 73 96

Galerie Christian Berst art brut
3-5 Passage des Gravilliers, 75003 Paris
www.christianberst.com