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January 4, 2011June 1, 2011 - Uncategorized

Why I Hate the Avant-Garde, part 2

Part 1 Re: Johannes’s comment on my recent post, I first saw people using “avant-garde” to refer to work made…

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January 2, 2011April 30, 2011 - Uncategorized

Why I Hate the Avant-Garde, part 1

[Update: Part 2 is here] Re: Greg’s most recent post on the term “avant-garde”—I’ve already discussed this somewhat here, here…

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March 12, 2010March 19, 2019 - Art, Film, Uncategorized

What Is Experimental Art?

One typically hears unusual art called three different things, often interchangeably: Innovative Avant-Garde Experimental But what do these three words…

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