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In May 1968, demonstrations against the French government spread across Parisian universities, and then to factories and other workplaces, resulting in a general strike of eleven million workers that brought the country to a virtual standstill. Among the students were a group who called themselves the Atelier Populaire, who produced hundreds of posters to encourage the protestors and to report on police brutality. Beauty Is In The Street reproduces over 200 of these posters which have become landmarks in political art and graphic design. Also included are a wealth of photographs, many published for the first time, and translations of first-hand accounts of the clashes between the students and strikers and the police.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Beautifully illustrated, including many full-page prints. Many of these prints - which are by turns witty, pretty and acerbically radical - cannot be found elsewhere, as the collective took the decision not to commodify their artwork by selling it off for student common rooms. Also includes concise but fascinating essays on the history of 1968 and the collective, some of its works, its politics, and its philosophy of art.
Dimensions- and quality-wise, it is a real coffee-table art book - apologies if this is a bit too bourgeois for the authors! - and looks more expensive than its reasonable price.
On a side note, however: the cover is easily dented and seems to have suffered in one corner during warehousing. Take care of it.
Dimensions- and quality-wise, it is a real coffee-table art book - apologies if this is a bit too bourgeois for the authors! - and looks more expensive than its reasonable price.
On a side note, however: the cover is easily dented and seems to have suffered in one corner during warehousing. Take care of it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is perfectly conceived and executed. I have bought three more copies as gifts.
Breathtaking work!
Breathtaking work!
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