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Cult of the Avant-Garde Artist by Donald Kuspit (1993, Hardcover)
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521413451
ISBN-139780521413459
eBay Product ID (ePID)1245356
Product Key Features
Number of Pages185 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCult of the Avantgarde Artist
Publication Year1993
SubjectGeneral, Aesthetics, History / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorDonald Kuspit
Subject AreaArt, Philosophy
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16.2 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN92-001733
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal709.04
Table Of Content1. Avant-Garde and the neo-avant-garde: from the pursuit of the primordial to the nihilism of narcissism; 1A. The idealisation of the avant-garde artist as transmuter of value; 1B. Fame, fortune, publicity, paratism: The narcissistic illusions of the neo-avant-garde artist; 2. Preliminary therapeutic attitude: the provocative object as a path to primordiality (Picasso and Duchamp); 3. The geometrical cure: art as a matter of principle (Mondrian and Malevich); 4. The expressive cure: art as the recovery of primal emotion (Expressionism and Surrealism); 5. Fame as the cure-all, or the charisma of cynicism: Andy Warhol; 6. Enchanting the disenchanted, or the artist's last stand: Joseph Beuys; 7. The decadence or cloning of the avant-garde: appropriating art; Notes; Index.
SynopsisThe 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 the status quo of capitalist society, in which fame and fortune are valued above anything else. Stripping avant-garde art of its missionary, therapeutic intention, neo-avant-garde art instead converts it into a cliche of creative novelty or ironical value for its fashionable look. Moreover, it destroys the precarious balance of artistic narcissism and social empathy that characterizes modern art, tilting it cynically towards the former. Incorporating psychoanalytic ideas, particularly those concerned with narcissism, The Cult of the Avant-Garde Artist offers a reinterpretation of modern art history. Donald Kuspit, one of America's foremost art critics, is a contributing editor to Artforum and the author of many books.", Donald Kuspit 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., 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 the status quo of capitalist society, in which fame and fortune are valued above anything else. Stripping avant-garde art of its missionary, therapeutic intention, neo-avant-garde art instead converts it into a cliché of creative novelty or ironical value for its fashionable look. Moreover, it destroys the precarious balance of artistic narcissism and social empathy that characterizes modern art, tilting it cynically towards the former. Incorporating psychoanalytic ideas, particularly those concerned with narcissism, The Cult of the Avant-Garde Artist offers a reinterpretation of modern art history. Donald Kuspit, one of America's foremost art critics, is a contributing editor to Artforum and the author of many books.
LC Classification NumberN6490 .K86 1993
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