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This image is a striking example of the work produced by Atelier Populaire, an artist collective born out of the fervent action of the May 1968 demonstrations in Paris. Emerging from the occupied École des Beaux-Arts, these politically charged and highly stylised prints were designed to visually articulate the grievances and aspirations of workers and students. The creators worked collaboratively, embedding critiques of state authority and power structures, with each image serving as a call for change, resistance, and collective action. The text, “Pouvoir Populaire” (People’s Power), juxtaposed against symbolic imagery, reflects the revolutionary aspirations that fuelled the events of that turbulent spring.

May 1968 was a transformative moment in French and global history, witnessing an unprecedented alliance of workers and students in protests that brought the country to a near standstill. Atelier Populaire embraced this unrest, embedding the spirit of defiance in its work by rejecting traditional authorship in favour of collective creativity. This particular image encapsulates the confrontation between institutional authority and grassroots mobilisation, its raw and urgent style echoing the immediacy of the crisis it arose from. The context of this creation elevates its significance as a historical document and an emblem of resistance.

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