Le M2 à la Fondation De Appel
In 1979 Fred Forest was the subject of a video exhibition and his Territoire du M2 at the De Appel Foundation in Amsterdam.
In 1979 Fred Forest was the subject of a video exhibition and his Territoire du M2 at the De Appel Foundation in Amsterdam.
At the time, this institution played an important role in international contemporary art, and for Fred Forest it was a major recognition at a time when official art circles were keeping him at a distance.
Unfortunately, his entire management team disappeared some time later in a tragic plane crash.
LONG BIOGRAPHY OF FRED FOREST
Fred Forest has a special place in contemporary art. Both by his personality and by his pioneering practices which mark his work. He is mainly known today for having used one by one most of the communication media that have appeared over the last fifty years. He is co-founder of three artistic movements: those of sociological art, the aesthetics of communication and ethics in art.
He represented France at the 12th São Paulo Biennale (Communication Prize) in 1973, at the 37th Venice Biennale in 1976 and at Documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977.
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