Jean Dubuffet works, such as Corps de Dame, look disordered, because he
a. practiced "ghost drawing," producing works while in a trance.
b. aimed for "authentic" art, divorced from convention and tradition.
c. modeled his works after the art brut created by psychotics and children.
d. deconstructed figures, reducing them to unraveled lines.
Answer: b
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