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GCDS-9780872863989 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100530700 02 0872863980 03 9780872863989 15 9780872863989 BC 1 A01 Rumney, Ralph Ralph Rumney Ralph Rumney (1934-2002) was the founder of the London Psychogeographical Society, a precursor of the Situationist International (1957). Rumney was recently the subject of two retrospective exhibitions. 2 B06 Imrie, Malcolm Malcolm Imrie <strong>Malcolm Imrie</strong>'s translations include Guy Debord's <em>Comments on the Society of the Spectacle </em>and José Pierre's <em>Investigating Sex: Surrealist Research 1928-1932</em>.<br> 01 eng 125 01 <P>Ralph Rumney has been in constant flight from the wreckage of postwar Europe. Crossing paths with every avant-garde of the past fifty years, he was one of the founding members of the Situationist International. Rumney's traveling companions-Guy Debord, Yves Klein, Marcel Duchamp, Georges Bataille, William Burroughs, Felix Guattari, E.P. Thompson-are recalled here with sharp intelligence and dry wit.</p><P>Profusely illustrated with Rumney's own photos, paintings, and collages and other documentary materials.</p><P><strong>Ralph Rumney</strong> (b. 1934), a vicar's son, turned down places at Oxford and art school to go to London in 1951, where he began painting. He was married to Pegeen Guggenheim and, later, to Michele Bernstein. He lives in southern France, with his cat, Borgia.</p> 02 Ralph Rumney has been in constant flight from the wreckage of postwar Europe. Crossing paths with every avant-garde of the past fifty years, he was one of the founding members of the Situationist International. Rumney's traveling companions-Guy... 08 "The Consul regains that magnificent freedom that a handful of people enjoyed and shared with artists, writers and others, in a world whose password was total, unfailing rejection of the world." Judith Brouste, Art Press 04 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100530700/images/87286100530700L.gif 07 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100530700/images/87286100530700S.gif http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100530700 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20020501 01 9 in 02 6 in 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20020501 01 02 12.95 USD