avant-garde art

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avant-garde
adjective
uk
/ˌæv.ɑ̃ːˈɡɑːd/us
/ˌæv.ɑ̃ːˈɡɑːrd/
Avant-garde ideas, styles, and methods are very original or modern in comparison to the period in which ...
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art
noun
uk
/ɑːt/us
/ɑːrt/
the making of objects, images, music, etc. that are beautiful or that ...
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He had no time for highavant-gardeart.
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The relatively autonomous art associations and art groups which had earlier exhibitedavant-gardeartwere banned.
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She entered theavant-gardeartcompetition and lost.
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He is also influenced byavant-gardeartand abstraction.
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Further ongoing projects include a study ofavant-gardeartand virtual technologies.
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Unfortunately, the lively art scene did not adequately represent theavant-gardeart.
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At an early point he became interested inavant-gardeartand experimentalism.
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During this period, he read manyavant-gardeartbooks and magazines.
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They are seen as being a part of the larger,avant-gardeartmovement.
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In turn, supporters ofavant-gardeartcondemned their work as sentimental and nostalgic.
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Ruttmann was a prominent exponent of bothavant-gardeartand music.
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In the 1950s, the gallery became a powerhouse of contemporaryavant-gardeart.
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Thus, the most effective (because politically transparent)avant-gardeartboth engages with, and intervenes in, pre-existing signifiers of social reality in order to reconstruct their ideological messages.
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Onlyavant-gardeartand music may preserve the truth by capturing the reality of human suffering.
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Avant-gardeartbeing frowned upon by the government, the community had traditionally existed on the fringes of the city.
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Works that he produced with these artists had a profound impact onavant-gardeartbeyond the world of dance.
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His idealized nudes and traditional treatment of classical themes had little in common with the popularavant-gardeartof the day.
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Here you will find a varied program of temporary exhibitions of all kinds, from archaeological excavations to contemporaryavant-gardeart.
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It was also iconoclastic, rejecting both the supremacy of the high art of the past and the pretensions of other contemporaryavant-gardeart.
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Centered on theavant-gardeartcollection of the foundation, the institute functions as a mix between public museum, art storage facility and art research institute.
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This time period was the height of the performance art genre, which had surpassed other forms of avant-garde to become the preeminent form ofavant-gardeart.
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His concept covered the most important topoi of contemporaryavant-gardeart: primal force, the conflict between civilization and nature, and the hope for a new beginning.
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