Ernest Pignon-Ernest Explained

Ernest Pignon-Ernest (born 1942) is a Fluxus and Situationist French artist,[1] born in Nice.

Overview

His first work was done in 1966.[2] It was a reaction to France's Nuclear Strike Force.[2] In 1971, he exhibited posters depicting scenes from the Commune.[3] In 1978–1979, his posters of Arthur Rimbaud could be seen all over France.[4] In 1988–1990, he made drawings of Naples.[5] In 1996, he initiated the collection of international artwork called Art Against Apartheid alongside Antonio Saura.[6]

Pignon-Ernest's posters are in the collection of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.[7] http://collection-politicalgraphics.org/detail.php?module=objects&type=popular&kv=876

Pignon-Ernest joined the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), one of the main labour unions in France.[8] With Henri Cueco, he co-founded the Syndicat national des artistes plasticiens CGT.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Deborah Bright, The passionate camera: photography and bodies of desire, Routledge, 1998, p. 180 https://books.google.com/books?id=RdzkLoxMgtsC&pg=PA180&dq=%22Ernest+Pignon-Ernest%22&hl=en&ei=Oq6GTryfHIS38gPr7b01&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=%22Ernest%20Pignon-Ernest%22&f=false
  2. Cedar Lewisohn, Street art: the graffiti revolution, Tate, 2008, p. 69
  3. Bertrand Tillier, 'Les corps piétinés de la Commune: figures de la provocation chez Ernest Pignon-Ernest', in La provocation: une dimension de l'art contemporain (XIXe-XXe siècles), Éric Darragon (ed.), Marianne Jakobi (ed.), Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 2004, p. 301 https://books.google.com/books?id=gBlG74_mSKEC&pg=PA301&dq=%22Ernest+Pignon-Ernest%22&hl=en&ei=uK2GTtzOJ4Oa8QOB5vg6&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22Ernest%20Pignon-Ernest%22&f=false
  4. Wallace Fowlie (ed.), Seth Adam Whidden (ed.), Rimbaud: complete works, selected letters : a bilingual edition, Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 2005, p. xxi
  5. Philippe Birgy, The art of the city, L'art de la ville, Toulouse: Presses Université du Mirail, 2010, p. 502 https://books.google.com/books?id=BtglsDE6LuwC&pg=PA503&dq=%22Ernest+Pignon-Ernest%22&hl=en&ei=Oq6GTryfHIS38gPr7b01&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBTgU#v=onepage&q=%22Ernest%20Pignon-Ernest%22&f=false
  6. Sophie Perryer, 10 years 100 artists: art in a democratic South Africa, Struik, 2004, p. 433 https://books.google.com/books?id=MohAEFc7mG0C&pg=PT379&dq=%22Ernest+Pignon-Ernest%22&hl=en&ei=VbOGTqXmKMmy8QOW4Mww&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBTgo#v=onepage&q=%22Ernest%20Pignon-Ernest%22&f=false
  7. Web site: Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Attica. 1 October 2016.
  8. News: Le peintre Henri Cueco est mort. March 15, 2019. Libération. March 15, 2017. Engagé politiquement à gauche, il aura aussi créé le Syndicat national des artistes plasticiens CGT avec Ernest Pignon-Ernest..

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