Barbara Safarova

BARBARA SAFAROVA, PhD, is a film producer, independent curator, and essayist. Director of programme at the International College of Philosophy, Paris, she is the president of abcd (art brut connaissance & diffusion).
The concept of art brut has been constantly challenging our aesthetic perceptions and our definitions of art since its advent in the aftermath of the Second World War—although, in fact, the works brought together under this heading existed long before it was coined.
Henry Darger (1892–1973), After M Whurther Run Glandelinians attack and blow up train carrying children to refuge. (double-sided), Chicago, Illinois, c. 1950, watercolor, pencil, carbon tracing, and collage on pieced paper, 23 x 36 3/4 in., American Folk Art Museum, New York, gift of Sam and Betsey Farber, 2003.8.1B. Photo by Gavin Ashworth, American Folk Art Museum, © Kiyoko Lerner.

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