The End of the American Avant Garde
American Social Experience Series
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art History
| Author: | Stuart D. Hobbs | ISBN: | 9780814773253 |
| Publisher: | NYU Press | Publication: | February 1, 1997 |
| Imprint: | NYU Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stuart D. Hobbs |
| ISBN: | 9780814773253 |
| Publisher: | NYU Press |
| Publication: | February 1, 1997 |
| Imprint: | NYU Press |
| Language: | English |
"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.
"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.
