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Lucienne Peiry

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Lucienne Peiry, born in Lausanne on 4 September 1961, holds a doctorate (PhD) in the history of art; she is a specialist in Outsider Art ("Art Brut"), an exhibition curator, a lecturer and the author of several publications. She gives lectures in both Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe, and has been teaching Outsider Art at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL, College of Humanities)[1] in Lausanne since 2010. Since 2016, she has also been teaching at the University of Lausanne (Department of Social and Political Sciences)[2][3]

Biography

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Brought up in the canton of Fribourg, in 1996 Lucienne Peiry was the first woman to obtain a Phd in the History of Art in Lausanne (capital of Switzerland's canton of Vaud). Her thesis was the first to be devoted to "Art Brut" and to the history of the collection that Jean Dubuffet instigated.[4] It was initially published by Flammarion (Paris) as "L'Art Brut," (1997, new editions 1999, 2001,[5] 2006,[6] 2010;[7] English translation 2001,[8] new edition 2006;[9] German translation 2005;[10] Chinese translation 2015[11]); an enlarged and updated version by Flammarion appeared in 2016[12] (400 pp, 500 illus.).

Formerly, Lucienne Peiry was a journalist with Radio suisse romande (French language radio broadcasts) and, at the same time, a freelance exhibition curator (1987–2001). In 2001, she took over the direction of Lausanne's Collection de l'art brut from Michel Thévoz [fr].[13] In that position, she set up a number of temporary exhibitions and added to the museum's holdings by discovering Outsider Art creators in Switzerland and in various other countries of Europe, as well as in notably India, Japan, China, Benin and Bali.

The author of several works and articles on Outsider Art, Lucienne Peiry has also directed numerous publications and exhibition catalogues for the museum, including the cult book "Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne," published by Flammarion-Skira of Paris in 2012 (French, English, German).[14]

Lucienne Peiry has encouraged the museum to produce or coproduce (with the filmmakers Philippe Lespinasse and Erika Manoni) several documentaries on Outsider Art creators.[4] In 2001 she launched a teaching program for the Collection de l'Art Brut (young persons guided tours, activities books, workshops, publications), which she continued to develop.[15]

In 2003, she organized an exhibition on Louis Soutter (title: "Louis Soutter et la musique"), jointly with the Basel Museum of Art and the Cantonal Museum of Fine Art Lausanne.[16] Christian Zacharias, director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra (OCL) participated in the project. She set up various partnerships with other Swiss cultural institutions, including the Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne, the Museum of Art and History in Fribourg, and Lausanne's Petit Théâtre.

Appointed Director of Research and International Relations for the Collection de l'Art Brut in 2012, Lucienne Peiry gave up her position as museum director. She is now in charge of promoting the Lausanne museum abroad (exhibitions, lectures) and of seeking out new Outsider Art creators throughout the world (Europe, Asia, Africa, and more). She encourages studies on the creators she discovers, and on behalf of new publications and documentary films. She also lends advice to students and researchers, being called upon as an expert for works on Outsider Art at various universities (including the "hautes écoles") in Switzerland and abroad.[15]

Since 2012, she has also kept up a monthly artistic contribution for the RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse) broadcasting company, on behalf of their "A vous de jouer" (your turn to play) program on Espace 2.[4]

Lucienne Peiry curated an exhibition on the encyclopedic art work of Armand Schulthess [fr] ("The Poetic Labyrinth of Armand Schulthess") at Neuchâtel's Centre Dürrenmatt in 2014,[17] and again at Lugano's Museo cantonale d'Arte in 2016.[18] Two trilingual exhibition catalogues were published for the two events.[19][20]

In 2017 she curated the show "Inextricabilia, Enchevêtrements magiques" (Inextricabilia – Magical Mesh)[21] at the maison rouge in Paris: in addition to the show's catalogue,[22] many articles and newspaper accounts appeared,[23][24][25][26][27] together with a major analysis by the art historian Valérie Arconati in the French daily newspaper Libération.[28][29] Later she curates an exhibition about Curzio Di Giovanni (HEP, Lausanne, 2018) which gathers around 80 drawings shown for the first time to the public, and also the exhibition "Rhinocéros, féroce?",[30][31][32][33] where she creates a dialogue between art and science with rhinoceroses painted and drawn by Gaston Dufour and real stuffed rhinoceroses (Musée cantonal de zoologie, Lausanne, 2019-2020).[34][35]

She publishes the book "Écrits d'Art Brut. Graphomanes extravagants" (Seuil edition, 2020), which is the catalogue of the exhibition that took place at the Tinguely Museum in Basel in 2021-2022.[36]

Lucienne Peiry curated the exhibition "Écrits d’Art Brut – Wild Expression & Thought"[37][38] which was presented from October 2021 to January 2022 at the Tinguely Museum in Basel.

From May to September 2022, her exhibition "Parures d'Art Brut"[39] is on view at the Musée des Beaux-Arts du Locle, in Switzerland.

Since 2021 is she part of the research committee for Art Brut at the Centre Pompidou, which has been founded after the donation of the Bruno Decharme collection.[40]

Publications

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This is a non exhaustive list of Lucienne Peiry's publications.

  • Le Jardin de la mémoire, Paris, Allia, 2021. (ISBN 979-10-304-1543-8)
  • Écrits d'Art Brut. Graphomanes extravagants, Paris, Le Seuil, 2020. (ISBN 978-2-02-144768-2)
  • Le Livre de pierre. Fernando Nannetti, Paris, Allia, 2020. (ISBN 9791030412147)
  • Rhinocéros féroce?, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry and Michel Sartori, Lausanne, Musée cantonal de zoologie, 2019. (ISBN 978-2-940187-18-8)
  • Curzio di Giovanni. Face-à-face, Lausanne, HEPL, 2018.
  • Inextricabilia. Enchevêtrements magiques, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, co-published by Flammarion and La maison rouge, Paris, 2017.ISBN 9782081411821
  • L'Art Brut, Flammarion, Paris, 1997, 2006, 2010, 2016. ISBN 978-2-08137-538-3
  • L'Art Brut, Shanghai, Presses universitaires de Shanghai, 2015. ISBN 978-7-5671-1750-1
  • L'Art Brut dans le monde, Infolio and Collection de l'Art Brut, Gollion and Lausanne, 2014. ISBN 978-2-88474-730-1
  • Collection de l'Art Brut, with Sarah Lombardi, Skira, Geneva, 2012. ISBN 978-2-08125-323-0
  • Guo Fengyi, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 2011.
  • Nannetti, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, Infolio and Collection de l'Art Brut, Gollion and Lausanne, 2011. ISBN 978-2-88474-237-5
  • Art Brut du Japon, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, Infolio and Collection de l'Art Brut, Gollion and Lausanne, 2008. ISBN 978-2-88474-075-3
  • Le Royaume de Nek Chand, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, Flammarion, Paris, 2005, 2006. ISBN 978-2-08011-477-8
  • Dubuffet & l'Art Brut, edition 5 Continents, Milan, 2005. ISBN 978-8-87439-226-1
  • Écriture en délire, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, 5 Continents and Collection de l'Art Brut, Milan and Lausanne, 2004. ISBN 978-8-87439-109-7
  • Art Brut. The Origins of Outsider Art, Flammarion, Paris, 2001 ISBN 978-2-08010-584-4 (Broché ISBN 978-2-08010-584-4), 2006 ISBN 978-2-08030-543-5 (Broché ISBN 978-2-08030-543-5)

References

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  1. ^ "Lucienne Peiry : Contacts". people.epfl.ch. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Unisciences – UNIL – Lucienne Peiry". applicationspub.unil.ch. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. ^ Büchler, Konstantin. "Lucienne Peiry à l'honneur sur Alumnil".
  4. ^ a b c "BCUL – Personnalités vaudoises". dbserv1-bcu.unil.ch. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  5. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (1997). L'art brut. Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 9782080122339. OCLC 300684967.
  6. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (2006). L'art brut (Nouv. éd ed.). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 9782080115973. OCLC 300833880.
  7. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (2006). L'art brut (Nouv. éd ed.). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 2080115979. OCLC 300833880.
  8. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (2001). Art brut : the origins of outsider art. Collection de l'art brut (Lausanne, Switzerland) (English-language ed.). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 2080105841. OCLC 51833303.
  9. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (2006). Art brut : the origins of outsider art (2nd English language ed.). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 9782080305435. OCLC 68772839.
  10. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (2005). Art Brut : Jean Dubuffet und die Kunst der Aussenseiter. Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 2080210297. OCLC 76630421.
  11. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (2015). L'art brut. [Sl.l]: Shandagpress. ISBN 9787567117501. OCLC 995473661.
  12. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (15 October 2023). L'art brut (Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée ed.). Flammarion. ISBN 9782081375383. OCLC 965622819.
  13. ^ "Collection de l'Art Brut – Chronologie". Art Brut. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  14. ^ Peiry, Lucienne; Lombardi, Sarah (2012). Collection de l'art brut Lausanne. Paris: Skira Flammarion. ISBN 9782081253230. OCLC 819138191.
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  16. ^ "Collection de l'Art Brut – Louis Soutter et la musique". Art Brut. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel "Le labyrinthe poétique d'Armand Schulthess"" (in French). bundesmuseen.ch. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  18. ^ "Archivio 2016 – Armand Schulthess – MASILugano" (in Italian). MASILugano. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  19. ^ Le labyrinthe poétique de Armand Schulthess. Perret Sgualdo, Janine; Schulthess, Armand; Schlichenmaier, Beate; Luong, Duc-Hanh; Geier, Beat; Clerc, Jean-Paul; Hofer, Denise and Matasci Candido. Neuchâtel/Bellinzona: Edizioni Sottoscala and Centre Dürrenmatt. 2014. ISBN 9788895471198. OCLC 882213806.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. ^ Armand Schulthess domaine 1. Bellinzona: Sottoscala. 2016.
  21. ^ "Inextricabilia, Magical Mesh". lamaisonrouge.org. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  22. ^ Inextricabilia, enchevêtrement magiques : art brut, art sacré, art contemporain, art rituel africain : [exposition, Paris, la Maison rouge, 23 juin – 17 septembre 2017]. Epelboin, Alain (1952-....)., Grenier, Catherine (1960-....)., Jacomijn Snoep, Nanette., Lehnherr, Yvonne., Peiry, Lucienne., La Maison rouge – Fondation Antoine de Galbert (Paris). ISBN 9782081411821. OCLC 992797175.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  23. ^ Genin, Sara (21 August 2017). "Quand l'art, le sacré et le magique ne font plus qu'un". Les Inrocks. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  24. ^ "Arts plastiques : avec "Inextricabilia", les fétiches s'exposent" (in French). JeuneAfrique.com. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  25. ^ Granier, Pierre Normann. "2190 – maison rouge – Inextricabilia" (in French). francefineart.com. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  26. ^ Birgé, Jean-Jacques. "Enchevêtrements magiques à La Maison Rouge" (Blog) (in French). Club de Mediapart. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  27. ^ Perez, Mathieu (9 August 2017). "Inextricabilia : Enchevêtrements magiques (Au nom du Père)". Le Canard Enchaîné.
  28. ^ Godin, Philippe. "la Diagonale de l'art" (Blog) (in French). diagonaledelart.blogs.liberation.fr. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  29. ^ Godin, Philippe. "la Diagonale de l'art – INEXTRICABILIA, épisode 2 – Libération.fr" (Blog) (in French). diagonaledelart.blogs.liberation.fr. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  30. ^ Nussbaum, Virginie (25 October 2019). "Dialogues de rhinocéros". Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  31. ^ Lebreau, Aurélie (6 December 2019). "Gaston Dufour; l'homme rhinocéros".
  32. ^ "Le dialogue des rhinocéros". 20 October 2019.
  33. ^ Millioud-Henriques, Florence (10 October 2019). "Conversation entre rhinocéros".
  34. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (9 October 2019). "Exposition : rhinocéros féroce ?". www.rts.ch.
  35. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (23 December 2019). "Lucienne Peiry "Rhinocéros féroce ?"". www.rts.ch.
  36. ^ "Tinguely Museum". Museum Tinguely. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  37. ^ "Écrits d'Art Brut – Wild Expression & Thought". www.tinguely.ch. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  38. ^ Peiry, Lucienne (2020). Écrits d'art brut : graphomanes extravagants. Paris. ISBN 978-2-02-144768-2. OCLC 1199960989.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  39. ^ "PARURES D'ART BRUT". MBAL (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  40. ^ Mercier, Clémentine (11 June 2021). "Au Centre Pompidou, l'art brut trouve sa place dans les collections du musée". Libération. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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