Contemporary Art in France.(Book review)

Art Monthly | July 1, 2007| | Copyright

Contemporary Art in France, eds Catherine Millet, Richard Leydier, Flammarion, Paris, 2006, 384pp, hb, 32.00 [pounds sterling], 2080305247.

The whole difference is in the title. The book is not called French Contemporary Art but Contemporary Art in France. It is not a simple portrait of what French artists did in the last four decades but a precise description of a territory made up of ideas, artistic movements and intellectual debates. It is not an alphabetical list of names (even if the text can seem like namedropping for a reader unfamiliar with the artists ...

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