A characteristic of 20th- and 21st-century artistic production is that casual acquaintances and close intimates, friends, lovers, or sometimes even rivals come together to work collaboratively on the realization of a single work of art. Amitié et créativités collectives is focused on the genesis of these works and explores the conditions that contributed to the concentration and liberation of these creative energies. Beginning with the groundbreaking socio-cultural upheaval of the 19th century, the publication examines for the first time a variety of works of diverse genres and techniques from different time periods. Featuring works by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel, Francis Picabia and René Clair, Jean Tinguely and Yves Klein, William Burroughs and Brion Gysin, Jenny Holzer and Lady Pink; and many more, this publication. brings together more than one hundred works.

Text by: Cécile Bargues, Carole Boulbès, Jean Brolly, Elena Engelbrechter, Paolo Fabbri, Harald Falckenberg, Robert Fleck, Antoine Gentil, Eckhart Gillen, Patrick de Haas, David Lapoujade, Alyce Mahon, Francis Marmande, Barry Miles, Andres Pardey, Gavin Parkinson, Thierry Raspail, Peter Weibel, Sigfried Zielinski