John Cage, an icon of the contemporary avant-garde, occupies an odd status in the music world. A seminal figure in the history of post-World War II music, Cage, who died in 1992, stood at the ...
Drips, splatters, stains and brushwork. High-brow critics may adore it, but abstract art leaves many folks dazed and confused. Relatively few people buy or collect original art, even in an art- ...
When the feminist writer Germaine Greer asked English artist Paule Vézelay why curves appear so frequently in her abstract compositions, she responded that “they exist in nature, they exist in life.” ...
We often forget that many cutting-edge modern artists found funding and support by making ads. The work of New Zealand avant-garde filmmaker Len Lye is a case in point. His films, like “Rainbow Dance” ...
Today’s Google Doodle honors Katarzyna Kobro, an avant-garde Polish sculptor and art theorist who was part of the Constructivist art movement in the early 20th century. Born in Moscow on January 26, ...
Introduction: the meaning of the avant-garde in Korean art -- Resistance to convention -- The development of Korean abstract painting in the 1950s -- Avant-garde as creation -- Afterword ...
We often forget that many cutting-edge modern artists found funding and support by making ads. The work of New Zealand avant-garde filmmaker Len Lye is a case in point. His films, like “Rainbow Dance” ...
Some say there were just two rules governing the Club, a group of leading Abstract Expressionists in mid-century New York City. One was technical: Any two founding members could block a new applicant ...
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