The Cult of the Avant-Garde Artist

by Donald B. Kuspit

Book Overview

The Cult of the Avant-Garde Artist examines the philosophical, psychological and aesthetic premises for avant-garde art and its subsequent evolution and corruption in the late twentieth century. Arguing that modernist art is essentially therapeutic in intention, both towards self and society, Donald Kuspit further posits that neo-avant-garde, or post-modern art, at once mocks and denies the possibility of therapeutic change. As such, it accommodates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521469228
• ISBN13: 9780521469227
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"