Slavko Kopač

Hidden Treasure. Informal Art, Surrealism, Art Brut

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Slavko Kopač. Hidden Treasure. Informal Art, Surrealism, Art Brut accompanies the exhibition Slavko Kopač. Hidden Treasure (Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence, 12th September – 13th November 2025). With an introduction by Bernard Blistène, honorary director of the Centre Pompidou and advocate of the acquisition of twelve of Kopač’s works into the museum’s collection, the book explores a multifaceted artist, deeply connected to Surrealism, Informal Art, and Art Brut. A key collaborator of Jean Dubuffet and the first curator of the “Collection de l’Art Brut”, he played a fundamental part in its promotion and configuration. His magical, totemic universe captivated the Surrealists and led to a collaboration with André Breton. At the same time, critic Michel Tapié included him in Un Art Autre (1952), recognising his originality within the Informal Art movement. He used painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, collage, and art books to explore materiality, intertwining reality and fantasy. The volume features contributions by leading international scholars and an extensive iconographic repertoire, including previously unpublished works and archive documents.Text in English, French and Italian.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-12-08
Mått:240 x 280 x 21 mm
Vikt:1 320 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska, Franska, Italienska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Five Continents Editions
ISBN:9788874394135

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Bernard Blistène has been Honorary Director of the Centre Pompidou since 2021 and headed the institution from 2013 to 2021. Katharine Conley is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the College of William & Mary and Edward Tuck Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Emerita, at Dartmouth College. An art historian specialising in Art Brut, Déborah Lehot-Couette is the Scientific and Collections Director at the Dubuffet Foundation. Fabrice Flahutez is a full professor at the Université Jean Monnet in Saint-Etienne and member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Kent Minturn is a lecturer in Columbia University’s Department of Art History and Archaeology and is an art historian, critic, translator and theorist of modern and contemporary art. Roberta Trapani is a historian of contemporary art with a Ph.D. awarded by Paris Nanterre and Palermo Universities in an international joint supervision programme.

Innehållsförteckning

9 Slavko Kopač: An Exhibition to RememberCristina Acidini11 In the Shade of the BaptiseryLuca Macchi12 Art as FreedomTamara Floričić18 The Hidden TreasureRoberta Trapani, Pietro Nocita26 Slavko Kopač: A Sketch of a PortraitBernard Blistène88 Kopač and Florence:From the Accademia di Belle Arti to Campi ElisiSusanna Ragionieri, Michele Amedei100 ‘Comme des frères jumeaux’: Slavko Kopač and Giordano FalzoniRoberta Serpolli110 Kopač, Builder of the Imaginary:‘A Different Figuration’Pauline Goutain120 Jean Dubuffet and Slavko Kopač:A Story about PaintersDéborah Lehot-Couette130 Au regard des divinités:Slavko Kopač and André BretonKatharine Conley138 A Voyage in Informal ArtKent Mitchell Minturn148 An International Adventure in Surrealism,Art Brut, and Informal ArtFabrice FlahutezAppendices181 Slavko Kopač, 1913–1995. Selected Chronology184 Selected Bibliography186 Authors