France and the Visual Arts Since 1945: Remapping European Postwar and Contemporary Art - Paperback

$86.31

France and the Visual Arts Since 1945: Remapping European Postwar and Contemporary Art - Paperback

Name: France and the Visual Arts Since 1945: Remapping European Postwar and Contemporary Art - Paperback
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SKU: 9781501355752
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Book Overview

by Catherine Dossin (Editor)

Taking on the myth of France's creative exhaustion following World War II, this collection of essays brings together an international team of scholars, whose research offers English readers a rich and complex overview of the place of France and French artists in the visual arts since 1945.

Addressing a wide range of artistic practices, spanning over seven decades, and using different methodologies, their contributions cover ground charted and unknown. They introduce greater depth and specificity to familiar artists and movements, such as Lettrism, Situationist International or Nouveau Réalisme, while bringing to the fore lesser known artists and groups, including GRAPUS, the Sociological Art Collective, and Nicolas Schöffer.

Collectively, they stress the political dimensions and social ambitions of the art produced in France at the time, deconstruct the traditional geography of the French art world, and highlight the multiculturalism of the French art scene that resulted from its colonial past and the constant flux of artistic travels and migrations.

Ultimately, the book contributes to a story of postwar art in which France can be inscribed not as a main or sub chapter, but rather as a vector in the wider constellation of modern and contemporary art.

ISBN	9781501355752
Publisher	Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Genre	Arts and History
Format	Paperback
Published	November 2019
Language	ENG- English
Pages	304
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print