Avant-gardes
Socio-political utopias of the 19th century, to radical artistic movements of 20th century historic modernity.
Series:
2000
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
The anti-romanesque, a-metaphysical and theoretical Einstein's dadaist autobiography.
2000
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
This biography of Hermann Hesse by his friend Hugo Ball is one of the best exposés of his spiritual journeys, and also an approach of Ball's own fundamental themes
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Les Hétéroclites
sold out
An introductory examination of asylum art before the theorization of art brut, followed by a new critical edition of French alienist Marcel Réja's study on the “madmen's art”.
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Misceallenous
sold out
Reference catalogue
that examines the notion of Art Brut in a time of new technologies. The first section of the volume features a selection of essays by specialists; the second and richly illustrated section introduces the works of 28 iconic or emerging artists.
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
sold out
Essays and interviews on 20th century avant-gardes in France (from Dada to sound poetry, avant-garde reviews, happenings and events, Fluxus, Raymond Hains, Jacques Villeglé, Gil J. Wolman, Camille Bryen...).
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
sold out
Filliou's catalogue raisonné.
2002
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
sold out
The first critical edition treating a fundamental text by one of the principle actors of Fluxus.
2001
English edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Misceallenous
sold out
Reprint of Kusama's porno-artistic tabloid of 1969.
2000
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
sold out
Richard Huelsenbeck's En avant dada is his first proclamation of Dada in Berlin.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Délashiné!
forthcoming
A detailed overview and history of "ero-guro-nansense", an editorial, artistic and literary movement of iconoclastic and subversive magazines in Japan in the 1925-1930s, ancestor and precursor of the post-war Japanese underground.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Délashiné!
forthcoming
The first major study of the Japanese avant-garde collective emblematic of the post-war artistic revival, bringing together composers, visual artists, musicians, poets, critics and technicians who in the 1950s explored various forms of interdisciplinary collaboration, questioning the classical frameworks of artistic presentation, the relationships between sound and image, time and space.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
forthcoming
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
forthcoming