Van Gogh / Antonin Artaud. Le suicidé de la société. Arts graphiques First and Second Parts

First and Second Parts

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Memorias de la mision arqueologica espanola en Nubia

The catalogue is the result of a meeting between the Flemish artist and the writer JM Coetzee

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Van Gogh / Antonin Artaud. Le suicidé de la société. Arts graphiques First and Second PartsOn the occasion of the Vincent Van Gogh retrospective organized at the Muse de l'Orangerie in 1947, gallery owner Pierre Loeb suggested that Antonin Artaud write a text on the painter. Challenging the thesis supported by Dr. Beer in Van Gogh's On the Demon, the writer protests against society's judgment on the mental health of this genius gifted with superior lucidity and accuses his detractors of having driven him to suicide. To support his thesis,