biography
Alexander Pavlovich Lobanov was born in 1924 in Yaroslav province. He became deaf and dumb at the age of six after suffering from meningitis. He was interned in the regional psychiatric hospital in 1947, apparently after displaying aggressive behaviour towards his family. He was transferred to the Afonino hospital a few years later, and remained there until his death in 2003.
His psychiatrist showed his works at the Yaroslav Academy of Medicine in 1987-88. Ten years later, the INYE art project, which aimed to set up a collection of psychopathological art, donated a set of his works to the town museum. His art was shown in Russia and in Kassel (Germany) in 1997. He stopped drawing at the age of seventy-five. He carefully stored his drawings in his sole possession - a suitcase chained to the foot of his bed.
Lobanov has been widely acclaimed as the leading representative of Russian Art Brut since a retrospective of his works was held at the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne in 2007. An entire room is dedicated to his works at the new Museum of Everything in London - one of the world’s major collections of Art Brut.
selective exhibitions
historias de violencia, curator: gustavo giacosa, oliva creative factory, sao joao da madeira, from april 14th to october 14th, 2018.
drawing now art fair, le carreau du temple, paris, from 22th to 25th march 2018.
the museum of everything, from june 10th, 2017, to april 2nd, 2018, mona (museum of old and new art), berriedale, australia.
international biennial of photography, biennale de l'image possible, liège, belgium, 2016.
art brut: a history of individual mythologies, curator: christian berst, oliva creative factory, sao joao da madeira, june 18, 2016 - february 26, 2017.
evelations, hommage des collectionneurs bruno decharme & antoine de galbert à joseph ferdinand cheval, hauterives, du 30 avril au 30 aout 2015.
art brut live, dox centre for contemporary art, prague, march 27th - august 17th 2015.
art brut : breaking the boundaries, treger-saint silvestre collection, from june 1st to september 11th, 2014 curator : christian Berst, olivia creative factory, sao joao da madeira, porto.
aleksander lobanov, collection de l'art brut, lausanne, february 17th - may 27th 2007.
alexandre lobanov et l’art brut en russie, galerie Messine- thomas le guillou, paris, 15 mai- 27 juin 2002.
selective bibliography
l'art brut, martine lusardy, citadelles & mazenod, paris, 2018.
art brut : la pulsion creativa al desnudo, graciela garcia, sans soleil ed., vitoria-gasteiz, 2018.
exhibition catalogue, historias de violencia, collection treger/saint silvestre, nucleo de arte da oliva, sao joao da madeira, 2018.
Biennale de l'Image Possible 2016, exhibition catalogue, Les Editions du Caïd, 2016, p 86.
Exhibition catalogue, Élévations, collections Bruno Decharme et Antoine de Galbert, hommage à Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, Palais idéal du facteur Cheval, Hauterives, (april, 30 – august, 30 2015), text by Barbara Safarova, Lienart ed. , 2015.
La folie de l’art brut, Roxana Azimi, Éditions Séguier, 2014
Art brut masterpieces & découvertes : carte blanche à Bruno Decharme, (10.21 to 11.29.2014), exhibition catalogue, Christian Berst art brut), 2014
Treger-Saint Silvestre Collection,from June 1st to September 11th, 2014, exhibition catalogue, Porto, Olivia Creative Factory, Sao Joao da Madeira, ed. galerie christian berst art brut, Paris
Martine Lusardy, John Maizels, Raw Vision 25 ans d’Art brut, Paris, Halle Saint Pierre, 2013.
Lucienne Peiry, Collection de l’Art Brut. Lausanne, co-edition Collection de l'Art Brut et Skira-Flammarion, Paris, 2012.
Françoise Monnin, L'art brut, Nouvelles éditions SCALA, Paris, 2012.
Arte bruta, terra incognita, (collection Treger-Saint Silvestre Lisbonne, 20 April 2012 to 23 September 2012 at la Fondation Arpad-Szenses – Viera Da Silva), exhibition catalogue, texts written by Christian Berst, Marina Bairrao Ruivo, Antonio Saint Silvestre, Paris, lelivredart, 2012.
Bruno Montpied, « Le royaume parallèle » in L’or aux 13 îles, n°2, Juin 2011.
« LaM Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut », Connaissance des Arts, Hors série n°472, 2010
« L'Art Brut aujourd'hui », Artension, Hors Série n°4, september 2010.
Back in the U.S.S.R, Figures de l'art brut russe 2, (01.22 to 03.05.2010), exhibition catalogue, Paris, galerie christian berst, lelivredart, 2010.
The Museum of Everything, (04.01 to 08.29.2010), exhibition catalogue, Pinacoteca Agnelli - Turin - Italie ), Milan, Electa, 2010.
«Aleksander Lobanov : sourd, pétaradant, désarmant...», in Beaux Arts magazine n°306, december 2009.
Outsider Art, Source Book, Art brut, folk art, outsider art, raw vision Ltd, 2009.
Aleksander Pavlovitch Lobanov, auteur d’art brut russe, under the direction of Dominique de Miscault and Alain Escudier, Paris, Editions Aquilon, 2007.
Michel Ellenberger, « A Silent voice that speaks volumes, Alexander Lobanov », in Raw Vision n°58, 2007.
Laurent Danchin, L’Art brut, L’Instinct créateur, Paris, Découverte Gallimard, 2006.
Art Brut, Collection abcd, catalogue de l’exposition « art brut, sbirka abcd » at la Galerie de la ville de Prague (06.14 to 09.10.2006), abcd les éditions, 2006.
Bang Bang!, Saint-Étienne, Musée d'art et d'industrie, (01.11 to 05.28.2006), exhibition catalogue andSète, Musée international des arts modestes, (06.29 to 11.28.2006), Lyon, Fage Editions, 2006.
Dominique Miscault, Aleksander Pavlovitch Lobanov n'est pas tombé du ciel, (communication aux Journées d'Automne de la Société Française de Psychopathologie de l'Expression et de l'Art-Thérapie/ S.F.P.E – 2004) Revue Française de Psychiatrie et de Psychologie Médicale – september 2006 Tome x n°98.
Patricia Janody, discussion with Dominique de Miscault, « A propos de sa rencontre avec Alexandre Lobanov », in Synapse n°218, october 2005.
Madeleine Lommel, L’Aracine et l’Art Brut, Neuilly-sur-Marne, L’Aracine, 2004.
A Corps perdu, ABCD, une collection de l’art brut, at Pavillon des arts, (04.30 to 09.26.2004), exhibition catalogue, Paris musées, 2004.
Jean-Louis Lanoux and Régis Gayraud (under the direction of Bruno Decharme), Alexandre Lobanov et l’art brut en Russie, abcd les éditions, 2003.
A voir :
Erika Manoni, La valise de Lobanov, images by Dominique de Miscault, Lausanne, Collection de l’Art Brut, 2007, 12’.
Bruno Decharme, Alexandre Pavlovitch Lobanov, DVD, abcd production, 2001.
selective collections
- collection de l'Art brut, Lausanne (Switzerland)
- LaM, musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut de Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)
- abcd collection, montreuil (France)
- Treger Saint Silvestre collection, Porto (Portugal)
- Musée d’Ivanovo, Ivanovo (Russia (Russian Federation))
- Museum of Outsider Art, Moscou (Russia (Russian Federation))
selective press review
- l’envolée de l’art brut authors éric tariant in le temps, november 13, 2017.
- le nouveau pôle de l'art brut authors Véronique Bouruet-Aubertot in Connaissance des arts, February 2015.
- Art Paris shines a spotlight on Russia authors Celestine Bohlen in International Herald Tribune, April 2.
- Se différencier de la FIAC authors Henri-François Debailleux in Le journal des arts , March 18 to 28 2013.
- Art Paris la saison russe authors in The Good Life, February 28 2013.
- L'art brut épate les galeries authors Eric Tariant in We Demain, .
- mea culpa + mea felicita authors Philippe Ducat in oh cet echo, November 20 2012.
- De HLM en USSR authors in animula vagula, January 20th 2010.
- Retour en USSR (Figures de l'art brut russe II) authors Eric Dussert in l'alamblog, January 15th 2010.
- authors Laurent Danchin in Raw Vision, .
- Figures de l'art brut russe authors in Artension, March April 2006.
- Brut russe à la galerie Objet trouvé authors in Libération, March 20 2006.
- Figures de l'art brut russe authors in A nous Paris, March 20 2006.
- Les figures de l'art brut russe authors in Télérama sortir, March 8 2006.
- Figures de l'art brut russe authors in animula vagula, February 22 2006.
- Art brut : l'irréductible authors avec une interview de christian berst in Télérama sortir, February 15 2006.
