De l’art brut à l’art outsider

From the 70’s onward, new collections and small museums emerge, as the Fabuloserie in Dicy. Dubuffet’s theoretical outlines are transgressed while an independent network of passioned amateurs gather under the name art singulier (singular art) – what is called « neuve invention » in Lausanne – works from self-taught marginals unfamillar with official art. Renowed workshops also open in psychiatric hospitals like Gugging (in Austria), La Tinaia (in Italy) or la Pommeraie (in Belgium). All over the world, people discover singular environments built by the « inspired along the roads » and others «builders of the imaginary».