Lily Woodruff examines the development of artistic strategies of political resistance in France in the decades following World War II, showing how artists countered establishment ideology, challenged traditional art institutions, appealed to direct political engagement, and grappled with French intellectuals’ modeling of society.

List of Illustrations  vii
Acknowledgments  xi
Introduction  1
1. The Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel's Social Abstractions  31
2. Daniel Buren's Instrumental Invisibility  91
3. André Cadere's Calligrams of Institutional Authority  143
4. The Collectif d'Art Sociologique's Sociological Realism  195
Conclusion  257
Notes  265
Bibliography  293
Index  304