Ultra-leftism — has two, overlapping uses. It is used as a generally pejorative term for certain types of positions on the left that are seen as extreme or intransigent in particular ways (see far left). It is also used – whether pejoratively or not – to refer… … Wikipedia
Notre-Dame Affair — The Notre Dame Affair was an action performed by Michel Mourre, Serge Berna, Ghislain Desnoyers de Marbaix, and Jean Rullier, members of the radical wing of the Lettrist movement, on Easter Sunday, 9 April 1950, at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,… … Wikipedia
Raymond Hains — (Dinard, 1926 Paris, October 28, 2005) was a French artist and photographer.BiographyIn 1945 Hains briefly enrolled in the sculpture course at the École des Beaux Arts, Rennes and met Jacques de la Villeglé that same year. He then collaborated… … Wikipedia
Jacques Villeglé — art group (1960 1963). His work has primarily focused on the anonymous and on the marginal remains of civilization.He first started producing art in 1947 in Saint Malo by collecting found objects (steel wires, bricks from Saint Malo s Atlantic… … Wikipedia
Pierre Restany — (24 June 1930 ndash; 29 May 2003), was an internationally well known French art critic and cultural philosopher.Restany was born in Amélie les Bains Palalda and spent his childhood in Casablanca. On returning to France in 1949 he attended the… … Wikipedia
Lettrism — is a French avant garde movement, established in Paris in the mid 1940s by Romanian immigrant Isidore Isou. In a body of work totalling hundreds of volumes, Isou and the Lettrists have applied their theories to all areas of art and culture, most… … Wikipedia
Letterist International — The Letterist International (LI) was a Paris based collective of radical artists and theorists between 1952 and 1957, who provide the link between Isidore Isou s Letterist group and the Situationist International. The spelling Lettrist is also… … Wikipedia
Guy Debord — Guy Ernest Debord Full name Guy Ernest Debord Born December 28, 1931(1931 12 28) Paris, France Died November 30, 1994(1994 11 30) (aged 62) … Wikipedia
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