José Pierre

José Pierre was a playwright, novelist and art historian. He belonged to the postwar Paris surrealist group that formed around André Breton. He was a member of Actual, an archive for the dissemination of the secret history of surrealism.

Blog

"The concrete facts of love"—Investigating Sex in the Observer

Despite occuring over 80 years ago, the discussions in Investigating Sex feel refreshingly contemporary in their frankness, according to Zoe Strimpel in the Observer- although the attitudes towards women feel more than dated.

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Books

  • Investigating sex (cmyk 300dpi)

    Investigating Sex

    "The surrealist's approach to sexuality was original and important ... I feel this book will amaze us all."—George Melly