Exhibition in Sweden in 2000 of the Art Brut Collection of Philippe Eternod and Jean-David Mermod. Richly illustrated in colour. 236 entries, works by Aloïse, Madge Gill, Ted Gordon, Louis Soutter, Scottie Wilson and Adolf Wölfli with many more.
Malmö Art Museum 6 February-26 March 2000 and at Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm 8 April-4 June 2000, in collaboration with Philippe Eternod and Jean-David Mermod.
“Philippe Eternod and Jean-David Mermod’s collection of Art Brut art has been acquired since the late 1980s and is constantly growing. The core of their collection is a large number of drawings by the Swiss artist Louis Soutter as Jean-David Mermod inherited from his grandfather.The two collectors were initially classmates at the University of Lausanne, and in 1990 they made their first purchase.The two friends then gave their collecting a more targeted character in the form of a tireless collecting project characterized by a burning passion. ‘Our goal is to share our passion, with all its faults and flaws,’ says Mermod.”