Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917-2012.

Behind the times : the decline and fall of the twentieth-century avant-gardes / Eric Hobsbawm.

New York : Thames and Hudson, 1999.

48 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Walter Neurath memorial lectures ; 30th

"That there is a problem about modern art few would deny. Does it, as the art of the past always did, 'express the times', or is it a series of wilful aberrations? Do we have any way of judging its success or failure?" "Bypassing art/criticism and art/theory, Britain's social historian approaches the question from a new angle altogether. It is Professor Hobsbawm's thesis that, unlike writers and composers, who have come to terms with mass/production and the technology of infinite repetition, painters still cling to the unique art/object, the product of the artist's own hands. The result has been a succession of increasingly desperate 'avant/gardes', attempts to find relevance and meaning that - irrespective of the individual artist's talent or even genius - are doomed to failure. Not everyone will accept this analysis, but it is a major contribution to a dilemma of our time, and one which both artists and critics cannot afford to ignore."--Jacket.

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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) History 20th century.
Art and society.
Avant-garde (Art) Histoire 20e siècle.
Art et société.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Avantgarde
Geschichte
Ästhetik

Lectures.
History.

Walter Neurath memorial lectures ; 30th.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 206013
Cote: N6490 .H6 1999
Statut: Disponible