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Excerpt:
...As the 'brain of the world', Zdenek Kosek spends
his days creating the weather. Sitting in front of his
apartment window, he makes clouds, storms, rain, snow
and tornadoes over planet Earth. He meticulously notes
and draws everything around him: the direction of the
wind, the flight of the birds, every little sound, the
changes of temperature, infinite combinations of numbers
and chemical elements, his thoughts, the thoughts of
others. He calculates, deciphers, explores, deducts.
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Kosek's complex, intricate drawings and the works of
several other Czech Outsider artists featured in an
exhibition at the Halle Saint Pierre, Paris in 2002-3.
Yet despite this new interest in Czech Art Brut in Western
Europe it remains largely unknown in the Czech Republic.
And, in contrast to its acceptance in other European
countries, it has been largely ignored by the avant-garde.
There has been no Czech equivalent to the famous European
psychiatrist-collectors: no Hans Prinzhorn, Walter Morgenthaler
or Auguste Marie.
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