On July 28, 2009, at 5 p.m. in the gallery “Labyrinth” of the National Library of Belarus an art-project “Outsiders’ Art” will be open.
Art-brute or outsider-art is a trend of the modern art. The trend started in Europe in the ХІХ – early ХХ centuries when some psychiatrists who collected art works performed by their patients for diagnostic purpose had to accept their artistic value.
12 persons patients of Minsk Psychoneurologic Hostel #2 take part in the exhibition. Among them – former artists, architects, military men as well as handicapped persons from birth. To them, painting is a way to express themselves and feel self-esteem. About 70 paintings and objects will be displayed at the exposition.
The exhibition is sponsored by Belarusian-Irish project of handicapped people aid, International Women’s Club, and the Embassy of Vietnam to the Republic of Belarus.
Contact: +375 17 293-28-23, 293-27-56.
Е-mail: pr@nlb.by
