Medzi Parížom a Bratislavou II. Francúzsko-slovenské a slovensko-francúzske vzťahy vo výtvarnom umení počas sedemdesiatych a osemdesiatych rokov 20. storočia (2. časť – segment)

Abstract

The study focuses on the events in the period of so-called normalisation, specifically between 1972 and 1989. During this period, Alex Mlynárčik continued to cooperate with French artists and art critics, notably Pierre Restany. The study points out the importance of this leading personality of Parisian New realism in terms of the presentation of Jozef Jankovič, Robert Cyprich, Jana Želibská and the White Space in White Space project in Paris. It also focuses on lesser-known publications by Geneviève Bénamou, a French art critic whose thesis was based on research conducted during her stay in Czechoslovakia. As an editor, Bénamou also prepared a book on visual artists of Czech and Slovak’s origin living outside Czechoslovakia, including Vladimir Ossif. Another personality who considerably contributed to shaping the French-Slovak relations was a young philosopher Etienne Cornevin. Over the decade he spent in Slovakia as a French language teacher, he met the circle of visual artists of his generation, members of the unofficial art scene.