Les âmes vagabondes - December 6, 2024 through April 27, 2025

To coincide with the Art Brut CUBA show, the Collection de l’Art Brut will present a selection of photographs by Thomas Szczepanski and Lorenzo Valmontone offering a glimpse into the world of four Cuban outsider artists: Miguel Ramón Morales Díaz, Josvedy Jove Junco, Federico García Cortízas and Damián Valdés Dilla.

The exhibition, entitled Les âmes vagabondes, features black-and-white portraits of artists whose works are shown in the exhibition Art Brut CUBA, along with images of the places where they live and work, bringing these little-known figures out of the shadows.

In addition, a short film takes us deep into the daily lives of these artists, helping us to make sense of their environment and grasp the meaning and significance of their work.

Thomas Szczepanski is a cinematographer and director. Known for his insatiable curiosity, he explores the world through both fiction and documentary filmmaking, driven by a belief that the two are mutually reinforcing.
Lorenzo Valmontone is a freelance photographer, director and video editor working primarily in portraiture.
This is their second collaboration, following on from AYA, a critically acclaimed feature-length documentary that was nominated for a Solothurn Film Festival award in 2022. Filmed in Calais, France, against the backdrop of the acute migration and social crisis, the film follows the daily life of Zimako, a migrant from Togo who is taken in by Lydie, a precariously employed woman in her fifties.

Curated by Lorenzo Valmontone and Thomas Szczepanski

The Les âmes vagabondes exhibition in the medias
RTS, Gilles de Diesbach, Journal 19h30/Chronique culturelle - le musée de l'Art Brut nous ammène à Cuba, 5 décembre 2024