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Many U.S. readers will be unfamiliar with the influential mid-20th-century artists' collective evocatively named Cobra (an acronym for the cities where the founding artists originated: Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam): much of the literature on Cobra is in Danish, Dutch, French, and other European languages. Formed in the bleak aftermath of World War II, Cobra artist members looked to diverse sources—surrealism; Marxism; and the "outsider" art of children, the mentally ill, and indigenous peoples—to define a new and optimistic folk art. They encouraged art-making as collective practice, viewed experimentation as essential to creativity, and produced work that was vibrant, colorful, and charming. These two titles introduce the topic to English-langua...Log In or Sign Up to Read More