Asphyxiating Culture and Other Writings

by Jean Dubuffet · 1988

Jean Dubuffet’s “Asphyxiating Culture and Other Writings” gathers the French artist’s provocative essays and reflections on the state of modern civilization. In a series of incisive, often polemical pieces, Dubuffet argues that contemporary culture—its institutions, conventions, and aesthetic standards—suffoc‑s the raw, instinctive creativity that once thrived in the “artistic outsider.” He juxtap the “ the un‑un­‑… … …