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avant-garde

In the arts, those artists or works that are in the forefront of new developments in their media. The term was introduced (as was ‘reactionary’) after the French Revolution, when it was used to describe any socialist political movement.

The term became popular during the 1960s for theatre that broke traditional conventions, inspired by playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and Bertolt Brecht. Proponents of avant-garde theatre included US theatre director Robert Wilson, German dramatist Heiner Müller, and the US-based Living Theater group.



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For example, the artists summarize Avant Garde, 1997/2002--a proposal to reproduce a 1964 photo of overheated mods and rockers mistreating deck chairs as a giant billboard on the Brighton seafront--as "an official commission which aestheticizes youthful rebellion" and "an example of recuperation, the process by which the social order is maintained.
Cornford & Cross. (Reviews: London) by Withers, Rachel / Artforum International
He is intrinsically avant garde, a terre I would somehow hesitate to pin to the equally but differently progressive Neumeier.
Back with the avant-garde. (Attitudes) by Barnes, Clive / Dance Magazine
Through his experimental films and recordings -- including the seminal 1952 compilation recording "Anthology of American Folk Music" -- Smith became a major figure in 20th century American avant garde.
The Harry Smith Connection by Los Angeles Business Journal
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