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

First and Second Parts

across the Bay of Bengal to the Malay Peninsula and the coasts of Annam

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

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Probably a witness to the rise of Christianity during the 4th century

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,