Figuration Libre: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
integrated one EL as a reference, removed a french language EL |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Figuration Libre''' is a French [[artistic movement|art movement]] of the 1980s. It is the French equivalent of [[Bad Painting]] and [[Neo-expressionism]] in America and Europe, [[Junge Wilde]] in Germany and [[Transavantguardia]] in Italy. The term was coined by [[Fluxus]] artist [[Ben Vautier]]. |
'''Figuration Libre''' is a French [[artistic movement|art movement]] of the 1980s. It is the French equivalent of [[Bad Painting]] and [[Neo-expressionism]] in America and Europe, [[Junge Wilde]] in Germany and [[Transavantguardia]] in Italy. The term was coined by [[Fluxus]] artist [[Ben Vautier]]. |
||
The group was formed in 1981 by [[Robert Combas]], [[Remi Blanchard]], [[François Boisrond]] and [[Hervé Di Rosa]].<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=188 Tate online glossary]</ref> Other figures include [[Richard Di Rosa]] and [[Louis Jammes]]. Between 1982 and 1985, these artists exhibited alongside their American counterparts [[Keith Haring]], [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], [[Kenny Scharf]] in New York, London, Pittsburgh and Paris. |
|||
Free Figuration can be translated as “Free Style”. |
Free Figuration can be translated as “Free Style”. |
||
==References== |
|||
<references/> |
|||
== External links== |
== External links== |
||
* [http://figurationlibre.blogspot.com/ Figuration Libre], texte d’Hervé Perdriolle, juillet 1986 |
|||
* [http://figuration-libre-paris-ny.blogspot.com/ Figuration Libre France/USA conférence] |
* [http://figuration-libre-paris-ny.blogspot.com/ Figuration Libre France/USA conférence] |
||
* [http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=188 Le Néo-expressionnisme] |
|||
Revision as of 11:48, 11 August 2007
Figuration Libre is a French art movement of the 1980s. It is the French equivalent of Bad Painting and Neo-expressionism in America and Europe, Junge Wilde in Germany and Transavantguardia in Italy. The term was coined by Fluxus artist Ben Vautier.
The group was formed in 1981 by Robert Combas, Remi Blanchard, François Boisrond and Hervé Di Rosa.[1] Other figures include Richard Di Rosa and Louis Jammes. Between 1982 and 1985, these artists exhibited alongside their American counterparts Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf in New York, London, Pittsburgh and Paris.
Free Figuration can be translated as “Free Style”.