Lowbrow Art. Pop Surrealism

Anne Richard has been a specialist in fringe arts and alternative cultures since 1986. She served as a comic book critic for eighteen years on France Inter. After directing several documentaries on music and comics in the 1990s, she founded the bilingual art magazine HEY! modern art & pop culture in 2010. In addition to her work as an author, editor, and performer, she has curated exhibitions, including Tatoueurs, Tatoués (Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, 2014). In preparation for the exhibition HEY! ROBERT WILLIAMS – Révolution.s dans l’art at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy (opening April 2027)—which will open in conjunction with the publication of the book *Lowbrow Art, Surrealism Pop—From California’s Underground Scene to Globalized Art—she is curating a major new exhibition for the Musée du Quai Branly (opening in 2028/2029). Kirsten Anderson, a lecturer and author specializing in Lowbrow Art and Pop Surrealism, founded the Roq La Rue art gallery (Seattle, United States). Zoé Forget holds a Ph.D. in Aesthetics, Science, and Arts Technologies; she is a lecturer at Paris 8 University and a member of RETiiNA.International. A member of HEY! modern art & pop culture since 2011, she is also an artist and photographer. Thierry Groensteen is a comic book historian and theorist. As an editor of journals and exhibition curator, he is the author of several books on comics. Laurent Martin is a professor of history at Sorbonne-Nouvelle / Paris 3 University and specializes in the cultural history of the contemporary world (history of media, censorship, cultural policies, and inter- and transnational cultural relations). He has published several books on the subject. Philippe Thieyre has worked as a record store owner, bookseller, and publisher, as well as a journalist, radio commentator, and festival programmer.