DEBORD, Guy. Aux Producteurs de lʼArt Moderne. Brussels: International Association of Art Critics. 1958.
Flyer, 20 x 900mm; printed in black; some very light spotting, and slight creasing to edges; very good.
One of the first “Situationist International” flyers.
This flyer, which succeeded the Lettrist International (1952–1957), is one of the first produced by the Situationist International. It serves as a response to artists, and it brilliantly encapsulates Guy Debord’s theory of the Dépassement de lʼArt: “To the producers of modern art. If you are tired of imitating demolitions; if it seems to you that the fragmentary repetitions expected of you are outdated before even existing, get in touch with us to organize, at a higher level, new powers of transformation of the surrounding environment. Internationale Situationniste, 32 rue Mon tagne-Geneviève, Paris-5e”.
This flyer demonstrated that Debord was not only a theorist, but also a brilliant typographic designer. This item is particularly rare as, although two thousand flyers were thrown into the audience during the International Association of Art Critics in Brussels, on the 14th of April 1958, only a few were kept.
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