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Beauty is in the street, a visual record of the May '68 Paris uprising, edited by Johan Kugelberg with Philippe Vermès

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-268)

illustrationsmaps

no index present

non fiction

Beauty is in the street

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edited by Johan Kugelberg with Philippe Vermès

a visual record of the May '68 Paris uprising

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

Atelier Populaire opening statement (1969) -- The late sixties / Philippe Vermès -- A jumble of realia / Johan Kugelberg -- General Assembly of the strikers in the Ecole Des Beaux Arts (1969) -- Timeline of the events -- Maps of occupations and barricades (1968) -- Translations of posters -- Ephemeral publications of the student uprising -- Images and translations of additional posters

Beauté est dans la rue