Lucienne Peiry

Brought up in the canton of Fribourg, in 1996 Lucienne Peiry was the first woman to obtain a Phd in the History of Art in Lausanne (capital of Switzerland's canton of Vaud). Her thesis was the first to be devoted to "Art Brut" and to the history of the collection that Jean Dubuffet instigated.[4] It was initially published by Flammarion (Paris) as "L'Art Brut," (1997, new editions 1999, 2001,[5] 2006,[6] 2010;[7] English translation 2001,[8] new edition 2006;[9] German translation 2005;[10] Chinese translation 2015[11]); an enlarged and updated version by Flammarion appeared in 2016[12] (400 pp, 500 illus.).

Formerly, Lucienne Peiry was a journalist with Radio suisse romande (French language radio broadcasts) and, at the same time, a freelance exhibition curator (1987–2001). In 2001, she took over the direction of Lausanne's Collection de l'art brut from Michel Thévoz.[13] In that position, she set up a number of temporary exhibitions and added to the museum's holdings by discovering Outsider Art creators in Switzerland and in various other countries of Europe, as well as in notably India, Japan, China, Benin and Bali.

The author of several works and articles on Outsider Art, Lucienne Peiry has also directed numerous publications and exhibition catalogues for the museum, including the cult book "Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne," published by Flammarion-Skira of Paris in 2012 (French, English, German).[14]

Lucienne Peiry has encouraged the museum to produce or coproduce (with the filmmakers Philippe Lespinasse and Erika Manoni) several documentaries on Outsider Art creators.[4] In 2001 she launched a teaching program for the Collection de l'Art Brut (young persons guided tours, activities books, workshops, publications), which she continued to develop.[15]

In 2003, she organized an exhibition on Louis Soutter (title: "Louis Soutter et la musique"), jointly with the Basel Museum of Art and the Cantonal Museum of Fine Art Lausanne.[16] Christian Zacharias, director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra (OCL) participated in the project. She set up various partnerships with other Swiss cultural institutions, including the Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne, the Museum of Art and History in Fribourg, and Lausanne's Petit Théâtre.

Appointed Director of Research and International Relations for the Collection de l'Art Brut in 2012, Lucienne Peiry gave up her position as museum director. She is now in charge of promoting the Lausanne museum abroad (exhibitions, lectures) and of seeking out new Outsider Art creators throughout the world (Europe, Asia, Africa, and more). She encourages studies on the creators she discovers, and on behalf of new publications and documentary films. She also lends advice to students and researchers, being called upon as an expert for works on Outsider Art at various universities (including the "hautes écoles") in Switzerland and abroad.[15]

Since 2012, she has also kept up a monthly artistic contribution for the RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse) broadcasting company, on behalf of their "A vous de jouer" (your turn to play) program on Espace 2.[4]

Lucienne Peiry curated an exhibition on the encyclopedic art work of Armand Schulthess ("The Poetic Labyrinth of Armand Schulthess") at Neuchâtel's Centre Dürrenmatt in 2014,[17] and again at Lugano's Museo cantonale d'Arte in 2016.[18] Two trilingual exhibition catalogues were published for the two events.[19][20]

In 2017 she curated the show "Inextricabilia, Enchevêtrements magiques" (Inextricabilia – Magical Mesh)[21] at the maison rouge in Paris: in addition to the show's catalogue,[22] many articles and newspaper accounts appeared,[23][24][25][26][27] together with a major analysis by the art historian Valérie Arconati in the French daily newspaper Libération.[28][29] Later she curates an exhibition about Curzio Di Giovanni (HEP, Lausanne, 2018) which gathers around 80 drawings shown for the first time to the public, and also the exhibition "Rhinocéros, féroce?",[30][31][32][33] where she creates a dialogue between art and science with rhinoceroses painted and drawn by Gaston Dufour and real stuffed rhinoceroses (Musée cantonal de zoologie, Lausanne, 2019-2020).[34][35]

Lucienne Peiry holds a website called Notes d'Art Brut.

• Le Livre de pierre. Fernando Nannetti, Paris, Allia, 2020. ISBN 9791030412147
• Rhinocéros féroce?, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry and Michel Sartori, with texts by François Ansermet, Olivier Glaizot, Olivier Pagan, Lucienne Peiry, Michel Sartori, Beatrice Steck, Lausanne, Musée cantonal de zoologie, 2019. (ISBN 978-2-940187-18-8)
• Curzio di Giovanni. Face-à-face, Lausanne, HEPL, 2018.
• Inextricabilia. Enchevêtrements magiques, with texts by Catherine Grenier, Alain Epelboin, Yvonne Lehnherr, Nanette Jacomijn Snoep, Lucienne Peiry, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, co-published by Flammarion and La maison rouge, Paris, 2017.ISBN 9782081411821
• L'Art Brut, Flammarion, Paris, 2016 ISBN 978-2-08137-538-3
• L'Art Brut, Shanghai, Presses universitaires de Shanghai, 2015. ISBN 978-7-5671-1750-1
• Bonhomme d'Art Brut (français et anglais),Thierry Magnier, Paris, 2015. ISBN 978-2-36474-656-5
• L'Art Brut dans le monde, Infolio and Collection de l'Art Brut, Gollion and Lausanne, 2014. ISBN 978-2-88474-730-1
• Josef Hofer, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Michel Thévoz and Olaf Blanke, Infolio edition and Collection de l'Art Brut, Gollion and Lausanne, 2013. ISBN 978-2-88474-286-3
• La Parole aux écrits bruts, Collection de l'Art Brut and RTS (Radio Suisse Romande), Lausanne, 2012. EAN 761-1-74506-253-1
• Collection de l'Art Brut, with Sarah Lombardi, Skira, Geneva, 2012. ISBN 978-2-08125-323-0
• L'Art Brut, fascicule n°23, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, Infolio and Collection de l'Art Brut, Gollion and Lausanne, 2011. ISBN 978-2-88474-251-1
• Guo Fengyi, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 2011.
• Nannetti, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, Infolio and Collection de l'Art Brut, Gollion and Lausanne, 2011. ISBN 978-2-88474-237-5
• Nannetti, "colonel astral", Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 2010.
• Ataa Oko, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Regula Tschumi, Sarah Lombardi and Philippe Lespinasse, Infolio edition, Gollion, 2010. ISBN 978-2-88474-166-8
• Art Brut fribourgeois, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, Collection de l'Art Brut and La Sarine, Lausanne and Fribourg, 2009. ISBN 978-2-88355-123-7
• Art Brut du Japon, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Yoshito Hata, Sarah Lombardi and Taddashi Hattori, Infolio and Collection de l'Art Brut, Gollion and Lausanne, 2008. ISBN 978-2-88474-075-3
• L'Art Brut, fascicule n°22, Nek Chand par Lucienne Peiry, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 2007.
• Bestioles d'Art Brut, with Anic Zanzi, Thierry Magnier, Paris, 2006. ISBN 978-2-84420-443-1
• L'art spirite, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 2005.
• Nek Chand's Outsider Art, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Philippe Lespinasse, John Maizels and Francesca Gemnetti, Flammarion, Paris, 2005. ISBN 978-2-08030-518-3
• Le Royaume de Nek Chand, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Philippe Lespinasse, John Maizels and Francesca Gemnetti, Flammarion, Paris, 2005, 2006. ISBN 978-2-08011-477-8
• Dubuffet & l'Art Brut, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Jean-Hubert Martin, Michel Thévoz and Mattijs Visser, edition 5 Continents, Milan, 2005. ISBN 978-8-87439-226-1
• Art Brut, Jean Dubuffet und die Kunst der Aussenseiter, Flammarion, Paris, 2005. ISBN 978-2-08021-029-6
• Écriture en délire, under the direction of Lucienne Peiry, 5 Continents and Collection de l'Art Brut, Milan and Lausanne, 2004. ISBN 978-8-87439-109-7
• Josef Hofer, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Elisabeth Telsnig and Michel Thévoz, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 2003.
• Podestà, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Yvonne Lehnherr, Paul Beaud, Denis Müller, Michel Thévoz and Véronique Mauron, Collection de l'Art Brut and Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Lausanne and Fribourg, 2003.
• La Foule, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Jean-Pierre Keller, Erica Deuber Ziegler, Luc Debraine and Michel Thévoz, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 2002.
• Le Nouveau monde, with texts by Lucienne Peiry, Maria Teresa Dolfin, Michel Kocher, Philippe Mathez and Michel Thévoz, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 2002.
• Bobines d'Art Brut, edition Thierry Magnier, Paris, 2002. ISBN 978-284420-166-9 (Broché ISBN 978-2-84420-166-9)
• Art Brut. The Origins of Outsider Art, Flammarion, Paris, 2001 ISBN 978-2-08010-584-4 (Broché ISBN 978-2-08010-584-4), 2006 ISBN 978-2-08030-543-5 (Broché ISBN 978-2-08030-543-5)
• L'Art Brut, Flammarion, Paris, 1997 ISBN 978-2-08012-233-9, 2001 ISBN 978-2-08012-233-9, 2006 ISBN 978-2-08011-597-3, 2010 ISBN 978-2-08011-597-3
• L'Art Brut, with Haydé Ardalan, La joie de Lire, Genève, 1995. ISBN 978-2-88258-067-2
• Charles Ladame ou le cabinet fou d'un psychiatre, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 1991.
• Hans Steck ou le parti pris de la folie, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 1991.
• L'Art Brut, Fascicule n°15, Giovanni Battista Podestà, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 1987.
• All the publications can be found on Lucienne Peiry's website: www.notesartbrut.ch

• "Lucienne Peiry "Rhinocéros féroce ?" [archive]", Vertigo, RTS, 23 Décembre 2019
• Virginie Nussbaum, Dialogues de rhinocéros, Le Temps, 25 Octobre 2019
• Florence Millioud-Henriques, Conversation entre rhinocéros, 24 Heures, 10 Octobre 2019
• Laurence Chauvy, L'Art Brut intéresse aussi la Chine, Le Temps, 2015/03/31.
• Florence Milloud Henriques, "L'Art Brut" se lit en Chine et en chinois, 24 Heures, 2015/03/31.
• France Inter, Lucienne Peiry, 2014/08/08.
• Christine Gonzalez, Radio Télévision Suisse, Vertigo, Lucienne Peiry, l'Art Brut dans le monde, 2014/06/06.
• Françoise Monnin, Ni Tanjung. L'éblouie de Bali, Artension, 2014/08/02.
• Christophe Büchi: Schatzsucherin der Art Brut – Die Kunsthistorikerin Lucienne Peiry, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 7. Octobre 2013.
• Patricia Brambilla, Lucienne Peiry: dénicheuse de talents bruts, 2012/10/29.
• Jonas Pulver. Lucienne Peiry, traqueuse d'Art Brut, Le Temps, 2012/10/27
• Biografie bei der Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne
• « Lucienne Peiry », sur la base de données des personnalités vaudoises sur la plateforme « Patrinum » de la Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne.
• François Ansermet et Pierre Magistretti, Fondation Agalma, Entretien avec Lucienne Peiry.
• 24 Heures 2001/10/27 & 2003/01/27, p. 11
• 24 Heures 2003/03/22-23, p. 24 & 2009/03/10, p. 26 & 2001/10/27
• Françoise Jaunin, Le Portrait 24 Heures 2008/05/28, p. 40
• L'Hebdo Cahier spécial les 80 qui font Vaud, 2004/25/13, p. XV

• Notes d'Art Brut, site internet de Lucienne Peiry
• Nouveau(x) monde(s) à Lausanne – swissinfo
• Art brut, l'art en jeu
• Le Matricule des Anges : Bobines d'art brut – Lucienne Peiry
• Les Cahiers dessinés
• Outsider Art Sicilia
• Le Poignard Subtil
• Bundesmuseen.ch