Avant-Garde and After: Rethinking Art Now - Softcover

Offering a critical perspective -- rather than a traditional survey, this provocative text explores the art of the last twenty years -- the latter 1970s, the 1980s, and the first half of the 1990s -- in both a thematic and chronological fashion. Using an engaging and approachable style -- and an abundance of color illustrations, it takes a long look at dominant tendencies in contemporary art in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe, and Russia -- and provides a series of challenging view points on the most advanced art forms, themes, and issues.

Key Benefit: Offering a critical perspective — rather than a traditional survey, this provocative book explores the art of the last twenty years — the latter 1970s, the 1980s, and the first half of the 1990s — in both a thematic and chronological fashion. Key Topics: Using an engaging and approachable style — and an abundance of color illustrations, it takes a long look at dominant tendencies in contemporary art in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe, and Russia — and provides a series of challenging view points on the most advanced art forms, themes, and issues.