Ernest Pignon-Ernest (born 1942) is a Fluxus and Situationist French artist, born in Nice.
Overview His first work was completed in 1966.Cedar Lewisohn, Street art: the graffiti revolution, Tate, 2008, p. 69 It was a reaction to France's Nuclear Strike Force. In 1971, he exhibited posters depicting scenes from the Commune.Bertrand Tillier, 'Les corps piétinés de la Commune: figures de la provocation chez Ernest Pignon-Ernest', in La provocation: une dimension de l'art contemporain (XIXe-XXe siècles), Éric Darragon (ed.), Marianne Jakobi (ed.), Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 2004, p. 301 In 1978–1979, his posters of Arthur Rimbaud could be seen all over France.Wallace Fowlie (ed.), Seth Adam Whidden (ed.), Rimbaud: complete works, selected letters : a bilingual edition, Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 2005, p. xxi In 1988–1990, he made drawings of Naples.Philippe Birgy, The art of the city, L'art de la ville, Toulouse: Presses Université du Mirail, 2010, p. 502 In 1996, he initiated the collection of international artwork called Art Against Apartheid alongside Antonio Saura.Sophie Perryer, 10 years 100 artists: art in a democratic South Africa, Struik, 2004, p. 433
Pignon-Ernest's posters are in the collection of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.
Pignon-Ernest joined the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), one of the main labour unions in France. With Henri Cueco, he co-founded the Syndicat national des artistes plasticiens CGT.
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External links Official website Attica