The tales of Perrault illustrated by Art Brut thanks to Diane de Selliers

Cover of the beautiful book published by Diane de Selliers © Diane de Selliers

By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

3 min

An exceptional and unpublished edition of the eleven tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by more than a hundred works brought together under the term “Art Brut”.

A box set published by Diane de Selliers, founder of the eponymous house, guest of this program.

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Editor Diane de Selliers in studio at RFI (December 2020) © RFI / Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

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Our edition presents the entirety of the eleven tales of Charles Perrault, which were collected for the first time in 1781.

Read between the lines.

To go beyond.

Give a meaning.

It is in the fragile power of art brut that we have found a new key to reading, the chance to take a fresh look at tales and to discover what they can still bring us today;

because these works, created by women and men with very different, often chaotic backgrounds, also have a universal scope.

The 135 creations that we present in this book are only strength and purity at the service of the expression of emotions and feelings.

The artists manifest the fragility, anger, hope, freedom, the desire for love and many other sensations that inhabit them.

Born in the minds of singular personalities with boundless imagination and driven by the need to create, these works are a cry.

A spontaneous, sudden and breathtaking art, in which the magic and the terror of the Tales are omnipresent.

Sketched characters, anonymous heroes, undefined places, mysteries and magic spring from the pages of Tales as well as from works of brut art.

Imagination is a common factor that establishes strong and intimate links between these two arts.

»(Presentation of the Diane de Selliers editions)

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