Reference text on contemporary French art. Foreword by Yves Mabin, and essays by Jean-Louis Andral and Alain Cueff, entitled "All the Plurals of Nothingness and Singularity" and "French Art After America : A Partial View of the French Exception," respectively. Features a comprehensive bibliography of the period, covering general works and texts, group exhibitions, monographs, solo exhibitions, artists' writings, and periodicals. Includes a selection of artists' portraits throughout. Texts primarily in French, with English translations of the two essays.