Jean-Jacques Lebel And French Happenings Of The 1960S: The Erotics Of Revolution

Combining a broad overview of Jean-Jacques Lebel's coming-of-age among Surrealists and his rupture with the movement, Laurel Jean Fredrickson focuses on two landmark happenings in this book: the first, ?uneral of the Thing of Tinguely?(1960), and the most scandalous, ?20 Minutes dedicated to the Divine Marquis?(1966). This study illustrates the development and significance of French happenings in relation to cultural and political changes of the 1960s. Research in Lebel's archives, and others like the Archives nationale d'outre-mer are indispensable in the telling of this extraordinary historical and theoretical narrative. It illuminates sensitive, often veiled dimensions of postwar French society, from torture during the Algerian War, to government censorship, to the sexual politics of nudity in art. This volume shows how Lebel synthesized the lessons of Dada and surrealism and 1960s experimentalism, electrified by political radicalism, to participate in shaping the erotics and forms of revolution in May 1968.

• • Author: Laurel Jean Fredrickson
• • Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• • Publication Date: Dec 28, 2023
• • Number of Pages: 242 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1350428809
• • ISBN-13: 9781350428805