Martial Raysse at Centre Pompidou — artnews.com

Martial Raysse, Yolanda, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 23⅝" x 23⅝". FABRICE SEIXAS/©MARTIAL RAYSSE AND ADAGP, PARIS/ COURTESY THE ARTIST AND KAMEL MENNOUR, PARIS Born in Nice in 1936, Raysse was an early bloomer. In 1955, he joined the Nouveau Réalisme movement, a European counterpart of Pop art, whose members reacted against abstraction and advocated a return to reality. Raysse’s early works were assemblages of consumer goods, including toothbrushes, toys, and pill vials.

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