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The End of the American Avant Garde: American Social Experience Series
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The End of the American Avant Garde: American Social Experience Series

Stuart D. Hobbs
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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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Format
Hardback
Publisher
New York University Press
Country
United States
Date
1 February 1997
Pages
242
ISBN
9780814735381

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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Format
Hardback
Publisher
New York University Press
Country
United States
Date
1 February 1997
Pages
242
ISBN
9780814735381

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