Display "And after Le Corbusier?"

This exhibition deals with the relations between Michel Ragon (Marseille, 1924 – Suresnes, 2020) – one of the most important European art and architecture critics of the second half of the twentieth century – and the group of young architects consisting of Yona Friedman, Paul Maymont, Ionel Schein, Nicolas Schöffer, Walter Jonas and Georges Patrix, who in 1965, in Paris, Found the GIAP (International Prospective Architecture Group). All Ragon’s activities are part of the libertarian anarchist thought, from their research on proletarian literature to the links with the Cobra and Jean Dubuffet group or the understanding of the city as a transformation of the living conditions of the popular classes. The admiration for the figure of Le Corbusier made his interests in art change until he directed his praxis towards the criticism of architecture, as he considered that in the worries of the young members of the GIAP there was a logical evolution of the Swiss architect’s thoughts on the inhabitant machine. Michel Ragon and the International Prospective Architecture Group anticipated numerous current issues, such as participatory urbanism, local agriculture, social housing and the relations between power and design of cities. The Ragon Fund, which is the basis of the exhibition, is located in the Archives of the Art Critique, deposited at the University of Rennes. For more information you can consult the website of the exhibition “And after Le Corbusier?” Last update: 2/14/2025



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