Artistic period .281958.E2.80.931962.29 Situationist International

danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, , author asger jorn, founding member of situationist international.

during first few years of si s founding, avant-garde artistic groups began collaborating si , joining organization. gruppe spur, german artistic collective, collaborated situationist international on projects beginning in 1959, continuing until group officially joined si in 1961. role of artists in si of great significance, particularly asger jorn, constant nieuwenhuys , pinot gallizio.

asger jorn, invented situgraphy , situlogy, had social role of catalyst , team leader among members of si between 1957 , 1961. jorn’s role in situationist movement (as in cobra) of catalyst , team leader. guy debord on own lacked personal warmth , persuasiveness draw people of different nationalities , talents active working partnership. prototype marxist intellectual debord needed ally patch petty egoisms , squabbles of members. when jorn s leadership withdrawn in 1961, many simmering quarrels among different sections of si flared up, leading multiple exclusions.

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the first major split exclusion of gruppe spur, german section, si on february 10, 1962. many different disagreements led fracture, example; while @ fourth si conference in london in december, 1960, in discussion political nature of si, gruppe spur members disagreed core situationist stance of counting on revolutionary proletariat; accusation activities based on systematic misunderstanding of situationist theses ; understanding @ least 1 gruppe spur member, sculptor lothar fischer, , possibly rest of group, not understanding and/or agreeing situationist ideas, using si achieve success in art market. betrayal, in spur #7 issue, of common agreement on gruppe spur , si publications.

the exclusion recognition gruppe spur s principles, methods , goals in contrast of si. split not declaration of hostilities, in other cases of si exclusions. few months after exclusion, in context of judicial prosecution against group german state, debord expressed esteem gruppe spur, calling significant artist group in germany since world war ii, , regarding @ level of avant-gardes in other countries.

the next significant split in 1962, wherein nashists, scandinavian section of si led jørgen nash, excluded organization lacking theoretical rigor demanded franco-belgian section of si led guy debord. excluded group later declare 2nd situationist international, basing organization out of sweden. journalist stewart home, favored nashists , considered debord mystic, idealist, dogmatist , liar wrote while 2nd situationist international sought challenge separation of art , politics everyday life, debord , so-called specto-situationists sought concentrate solely on theoretical political aims.