The anti-art of the late 1950s and early sixties stated that visual art was a useless medium for creativity and thinking. It was the radiation of art into pure existence, into social life, into urbanism, into action and into thinking which was regarded as the important thing. The start of situationism, the foundation of the first internationale situationniste in 1957, was a reflection of this thinking. The motto “Réaliser la Philosophie” [sic] was a starting point for situationist anti-art. But it caused also violent discussions in the first situationist international. Opposing this point of view, Strid, Nash and Thorsen among others in 1962 founded the Second Internationale situationniste.
Asger Jorn, introduction, Situationister i konsten