Full Description
Slavko Kopač. Hidden Treasure. Informal Art, Surrealism, Art Brut accompanies the exhibition Slavko Kopač. Hidden Treasure (Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence, 12th September - 13th November 2025). With an introduction by Bernard Blistène, honorary director of the Centre Pompidou and advocate of the acquisition of twelve of Kopač's works into the museum's collection, the book explores a multifaceted artist, deeply connected to Surrealism, Informal Art, and Art Brut. A key collaborator of Jean Dubuffet and the first curator of the "Collection de l'Art Brut", he played a fundamental part in its promotion and configuration. His magical, totemic universe captivated the Surrealists and led to a collaboration with André Breton. At the same time, critic Michel Tapié included him in Un Art Autre (1952), recognising his originality within the Informal Art movement. He used painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, collage, and art books to explore materiality, intertwining reality and fantasy. The volume features contributions by leading international scholars and an extensive iconographic repertoire, including previously unpublished works and archive documents.
Text in English, French and Italian.
Contents
9 Slavko Kopač: An Exhibition to Remember
Cristina Acidini
11 In the Shade of the Baptisery
Luca Macchi
12 Art as Freedom
Tamara Floričić
18 The Hidden Treasure
Roberta Trapani, Pietro Nocita
26 Slavko Kopač: A Sketch of a Portrait
Bernard Blistène
88 Kopač and Florence:
From the Accademia di Belle Arti to Campi Elisi
Susanna Ragionieri, Michele Amedei
100 'Comme des frères jumeaux': Slavko Kopač and Giordano Falzoni
Roberta Serpolli
110 Kopač, Builder of the Imaginary:
'A Different Figuration'
Pauline Goutain
120 Jean Dubuffet and Slavko Kopač:
A Story about Painters
Déborah Lehot-Couette
130 Au regard des divinités:
Slavko Kopač and André Breton
Katharine Conley
138 A Voyage in Informal Art
Kent Mitchell Minturn
148 An International Adventure in Surrealism,
Art Brut, and Informal Art
Fabrice Flahutez
Appendices
181 Slavko Kopač, 1913-1995. Selected Chronology
184 Selected Bibliography
186 Authors
