Discusses John Ashbery, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler.
In the first monograph to examine all five New York School Poets, Mark Silverberg analyzes the work of John Ashbery, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, and James Schuyler in terms of the 'neo-avant-garde.' Silverberg examines the aesthetic concerns and ideological assump…
The years before World War I were a time of social and political ferment in Europe, which profoundly affected the art world. A major center of this creative tumult was Paris, where many avant-garde artists sought to transform modern art through their engagement with radical poli…
A groundbreaking book that describes a distinctively Chinese avant-gardism and a modernity that unifies art, politics, and social life.
"The title of the present study refers to the fact that Apollinaire consistently worked at the cutting edge of modern aesthetics. The volume seeks to rehabilitate four experimental genres in particular that have received relatively little attention. The first chapter examines a …
Sloppy craft', interpreted as messy or unfinished in execution and/or appearance, concerns art and craft practices which question the privileging of skill. 'Sloppy craft: Post-disciplinarity and the crafts' brings together leading international artists, historians, theorists and…
Sloppy craft: postdisciplinarity and the crafts
"Sloppy Craft: Postdisciplinarity and the Crafts brings together leading international artists and critics to explore the possibilities and limitations of the idea of 'sloppy craft' -- craft that is messy or unfinished looking in its execution or appearance, or both. The contrib…
