jean-loup.huret@atlasgeneticsoncology.org
May 2019
Abstract
Mentally handicapped persons are capable of art, as shown in this paper.
NOTE
The use of photographies of the various artists/friends follows the recommendations of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data. Whenever a person is identifiable, informed consent of the parents or other legal representatives has been obtained. Otherwise, faces have been blurred, or a black rectangle added, to prevent identification.
AIM
The following is an insight into a thirty year experience with mentally handicapped persons and/or persons with a psychiatric condition. We have organized painting workshops with children from a Medico-Educational Institute and with adults living in a Sheltered Employment Centre for Workers with Disabilities. Each week, we spend one hour together with the children, and one hour with adults, painting in a silent contemplation with a background of classical music, in warm friendship, and deep concentration. We use gouache on paper.
Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology
Artistic creativity and mental handicap
Online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/deep-insight/20149/artistic-creativity-and-mental-handicap