"By 1966, the composer Virgil Thomson would write, "Truth is, there is no avant-garde today." How did the avant garde dissolve, and why? In this thought-provoking work, Stuart D. Hobbs traces the avant garde from its origins to its eventual appropriation by a conservative political agenda, consumer culture, and the institutional world of art.
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The End of the American Avant Garde: American Social Experience Series
"By 1966, the composer Virgil Thomson would write, "Truth is, there is no avant-garde today." How did the avant garde dissolve, and why? In this thought-provoking work, Stuart D. Hobbs traces the avant garde from its origins to its eventual appropriation by a conservative political agenda, consumer culture, and the institutional world of art.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780814735398 |
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Publisher: | New York University Press |
Publication date: | 01/01/2000 |
Series: | American Social Experience Series; 37 |
Pages: | 242 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d) |
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