Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Art Brut in Siberian Contemporary Art

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2026 19 (5)
Authors
Koptseva, Natalia P.; Perepelitsa, Yulia N.; Mikhaylova, Sofia A.
Contact information
Koptseva, Natalia P. : Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation); ; ORCID: 0000-0003-3910-7991; Perepelitsa, Yulia N. : Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation); ; ORCID: 0000-0002-0279-9958; Mikhaylova, Sofia A. : Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0009-0005-5117-8436
Keywords
Siberian contemporary art; art brut; art therapy; naïve art; artistic style; Lyubov Arbachakova; Ulyana Karmacheva
Abstract

This article presents the results of a study of several phenomena representative of contemporary Siberian art, which are examined in the context of global artistic processes and the search for new forms of artistic expression. One phenomenon that has attracted the attention of art historians worldwide is art brut (“raw” art), where various marginalized individuals act as master artists, including patients with mental disorders or individuals with mental disabilities, as well as individuals who, for various reasons, were excluded from the professional artistic community, did not receive an artistic education, spent most of their lives pursuing other activities, and only began pursuing artistic expression later in life. For contemporary Siberian art, art brut does not exist in its “pure” forms. Art historians, curators, and representatives of various media generally classify as Siberian art brut either representatives of “naïve” art, artists with a distinct ethnocultural identity, or artists who consciously choose art brut as a style. In “classical” art brut, artists don’t choose a style, but create using a unique language. The work of two artists, Lyubov Arbachakova and Ulyana Karmacheva, is examined, as well as the characteristics of the Tomsk school of art therapy as artistic phenomena in Siberian contemporary art

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997–1007
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OIEJUO
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/158451

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