The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a shifting climate in Geneva, with the emergence of a new scene that served as a breeding ground for the visual arts. The “debate on contemporary art,” held at the Rencontres Internationales de Genève (RIG) in 1948, was slowly fading into the past, and the atavistic rejection of “modernity” was becoming less pronounced. The ground had been prepared. The factors and people involved were diverse, often multiple. Behind every circumstance is a protagonist. Here are just some of them... Read the full article here. Read the full article here. 

This text by Michael Rainer Mason is taken from MAMCO Journal #15, which was published in June 2025. You can access all previous issues in digital format on our website by following this link. To receive future issues free of charge, send your postal address to journal@mamco.ch.