Figuration Libre

What is Figuration Libre?

Figuration Libre is an art movement that is equivalent to the French Bad Painting and Neo-Expressionism in Europe and America. The term was coined by Ben Vautier and the Fluxus movement. In 1981, Robert Combas, François Boisrond, Hervé Di Rosa, and Rémi Blanchard formed the Figuration Libre group. The term can be interpreted as free style art, emphasizing spontaneity, freedom, and a rejection of traditional artistic conventions.
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Sound

Karel Appel

Sound, 1979

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 1,400

Keith Haring Table Lamp

Keith Haring

Keith Haring Table Lamp, 1988

Sculpture / Object

Mixed Media

USD 2,900

Face

Karel Appel

Face, 1979

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 1,400

Lying in Red

Karel Appel

Lying in Red, 1979

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 1,400

Deux Personnages

Karel Appel

Deux Personnages, 1978

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 1,570

Untitled (Crowd - Plate 2)

Keith Haring

Untitled (Crowd - Plate 2), 1987

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 30,500

The Bear

Karel Appel

The Bear

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 775

Boxer Rebellion

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Boxer Rebellion, 1982-83/2018

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

USD 60,000 - 80,000

About a Cat

Karel Appel

About a Cat, 1979

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 750

Frightened Cat

Karel Appel

Frightened Cat, 1979

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 750

Walking Cat

Karel Appel

Walking Cat, 1979

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 750

Innocent Cat

Karel Appel

Innocent Cat, 1979

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 750

Pink Cat

Karel Appel

Pink Cat, 1979

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 750

Portrait of Joseph Beuys

Keith Haring

Portrait of Joseph Beuys, 1986

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

USD 10,850

Untitled (Cockfight)

Keith Haring

Untitled (Cockfight), 1985

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 42,900

International Youth Year

Keith Haring

International Youth Year, 1985

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 14,300

Serigraph

Serigraph is a printmaking process that uses silk screen techniques to create an image. The image is digitally separated into individual colors, each of which is assigned to a separate silk screen. These screens are then used to apply each color by hand, layer by layer, to replicate the original artwork, often based on an oil painting.

Appropriation

Appropriation in art involves using pre-existing images or objects with little or no modification. This technique has played a significant role across various art forms, including visual arts, music, performance, and literature. In visual arts, appropriation refers to the practice of adopting, sampling, recycling, or borrowing elements—or even entire forms—of existing visual culture, integrating them into new works to create meaning or critique.

New Figuration

Neo-Figurative Art is a collective term that refers to the revival of figurative art in America and Europe during the 1960s, following a period dominated by abstraction. Michel Ragon, a French art critic, argued that this resurgence of figuration occurred during a critical time of social and political upheaval in both regions.

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