A pivotal decade marked by the emergence of alternative counter-cultures, the sixties were the scene of societal tensions and artistic investigations that profoundly and lastingly changed the face of Western society.

Breaking with the prevailing abstraction, Pop Art, and New Realism in France, brought consumer goods, the society of the spectacle, and advertising into the realm of art. Richard Hamilton, a pioneer of Pop Art, with his collages using images from magazines; Richard Avedon with his decidedly unglamorous photographs of the master of the New York underground, Andy Warhol, or of Marilyn Monroe. Similarly, with his portraits in fluorescent colors, Martial Raysse… leads the exploration of the artifice and dreams of consumer society, on the border between praise and denunciation "While Alain Jacquet, with his silkscreened Déjeuner sur l'herbe, challenges the status of the unique and non-reproducible work…

Even more subversive are Elaine Sturtevant's appropriations, which meticulously and inaccurately reproduce the works of her contemporaries… Other examples include Michelangelo Pistoletto's mirror-paintings that ensnare visitors, Niki de Saint Phalle's irreverent Nanas, Gilbert & George's living sculptures, and Tim Noble & Sue Webster's luminous sculptures, completing the vibrant panorama offered by the Pinault Collection, enhanced for this occasion with a 1960s playlist curated by Étienne Daho. From The Animals to Frank Zappa, from the Beach Boys to Pierre Henry, by way of the incantatory rock of the Velvet Underground & Nico, the singer-songwriter offers a selection of nearly 100 tracks. Enjoy!

“FOREVER SIXTIES – THE SPIRIT OF THE 1960s IN THE PINAULT COLLECTION”
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