Nouveau R�isme 1960s France and the Neo-Avant-Garde

Jill Carrick's Nouveau Réalisme 1960s France and the Neo-avant-garde provides the first in-depth historical analysis of the New Realism movement and the critical and theoretical debates it engaged. This text makes available a new corpus of material - the rich historical and theoretical analysis as well as the fascinating photographic documentation of artists and works - from one of the most significant French art movements of the post-World War II period whose literature has up to now been dominated by the terms of its founder Pierre Restany. The illustrations and surprising contextual material - many of which have been unearthed by the author's archival research - document artwork artists' collaborations and ephemeral events.