Pierre Restany

Pierre Restany was born on June 24th, 1930 in Amelie-les-Bains-Palalda, Pyrenees-Orientales. He spent most of his childhood in Casablanca and attended the Lycee Henri-IV in 1949. He then went on to universities in France, Italy, and Ireland. Restany was known as a French art critic and a cultural philosopher internationally.

in 1960, Pierre came up with the new idea of Nouveau Realisme- or new realism- a new art movement, such as Pop Art.

This group contained Christo, Niki de Saint Phalle, Martial Raysse, and many others. Pierre defined this group as "new perceptual approaches to reality." Their first exhibition took place at the Paris Festival d'avant-garde in November in 1960. Pierre Restany passed away in Paris in 2003 and was buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery.

What about your subject is particularly "French"?

This subject is particularly french because Pierre Restany was a french art critic and philosopher. He grew up in the French area and worked there till his life ended. He brought a new type of art to the world.

What are the major themes that your subject addresses?

The major themes that are addressed are the new types of art. Pierre Restany introduced new realism which is Pop Art, Fluxus, and Neo-dada: all new types of art that Restany discovered.