How New York stole the idea of modern art : abstract expressionism, freedom and the cold war / Serge Guilbaut ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
By: Guilbaut, Serge
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1983Description: x, 277 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0226310388.Subject(s): New York school of art | Abstract expressionism -- United States | Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- History -- 20th century -- United States | Art and society -- United StatesDDC classification: 709.747 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.747 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00059702 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Store Item | 709.747 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00059703 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A provocative interpretation of the political and cultural history of the early cold war years. . . . By insisting that art, even art of the avant-garde, is part of the general culture, not autonomous or above it, he forces us to think differently not only about art and art history but about society itself."--New York Times Book Review
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York, 1935-1941: The de-marxization of the intelligentsia -- The second world war and the attempt to establish an independent American art -- The creation of an American Avant-Garde, 1945-1947 -- Success: How New York Stole the Notion of Modernism from the Parisians, 1948.