Avant-garde

Writers that have spoken out against racism have been shunned in the literary world. Kathy Hongs essay “Delusions of Whiteness in the Avant Garde” tackles this issue. She argues that the acceptance of poetry in the literary world is based on how poets of color address race: “mainstream poetry is rather pernicious at in awarding quietist minority poets, who assage quasi white liberal guilt…

the world of art. Russian avant-garde artist, Kazimir Malevich, the inventor and pioneer of Suprematism, was a driving force in the development of today’s modern art community. His views and messages depicted through his invented work in Suprematism, was arguably some of the most avant-garde work to come out of Russia during that time period. Born in February 1878, near Kiev to Seweryn and Ludwika Malewicz, Kazimir was the first of fourteen children,…

Lazar Markovich Lissitzky better known as El Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, architect, typographer, and photographer. He was an important figure of the Russian avant-garde and he helped develop the Suprematism art movement which focused on basic geometric shapes. His work had a great influence on the development of the Bauhaus and constructivist movements and later on his experimentation with production techniques and stylistic devices in the 1920’s and 1930’s went on to dominate and…

This was also mentioned in Larissa Faw’s article “Are Millennials Lazy Or Avant-Garde Social Activists?” published by Forbes back in 2012. The author talked about how the Occupied Wall street movement was a failure but was viewed as a success by Millennials “because for them, their voice was heard and to them, the protest was a journey…

The word avant garde is a French term that means vanguard; but in the art world avant garde are people or works that are different from normal (e.g. Adele = Normal / Lady Gaga = Different) and their work is nontraditional,controversial, or unpleasant to look at. In the article Avant Garde Gambits 1888-1893 by Pollick, when Pollick discusses about the “Avant Garde Gambit” she is referring to the reference, deference, and difference that has been used in the artworks. First is reference, reference…

Futurism was the most important and influential Italian avant-garde art movement that took speed, technology and modernity as its inspiration which emerged from the 20h century (The Art Story, 2016). The group of the Futurists loved speed, noise, machines, pollution, and urban landscapes; they were committed to change in Italy as the country was behind in comparison to the rest of Europe. Futurism was not about visual or traditional art, they were fascinated by new visual technology and used it…

Katherine Herrera Prof. Lange ARTH: Contemporary World Art October 14, 2015 Reading Journal 2 In the essay Grids from The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths by Rosalind Krauss, she focuses on grids and how they represent modernity of modern art. Krauss talks about how there are two ways that grid art is modern art. The first is because it is spatial, meaning its flatness is what makes the work of art unnatural and completely acts separately from the realm of art. The…

Downdraft 5 Someone once asked me if I could write a book about myself what would the title be and how do I see the ending of my life. I would title my book, “Why Naughty is the New Nice”. The reason for this title is because I am probably one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. I would do absolutely anything for anyone. Always being the nice girl means I work my ass off to get others to like me because I cannot stand to think that anyone hates me. I usually go out of my way to do favors for…

Rosalind Krauss, Originality of the Avante-Garde " Originality of the Avante-Garde" - the most famous book of Krauss - is a collection of essays written and published primarily in the 1980s. In them, Krauss analyzes the most varied stories of the history of art modernism - from Duchamp and Giacometti to Sol Levitt and Ellsworth Kelly. However, examining the art of the twentieth century, she constantly calls into question the very position of the researcher, the conceptual framework in which…

knowledge of type design to create unique layouts of the pages inside the magazines in order to grab the reader’s attention by drawing them into the originality of the page designs. The success of the Avant Garde magazine logo inspired Lubalin to produce an entire ITC Avant Garde typeface. “ITC Avant Garde typeface is one of his creations and it is mostly known for being a revision of art-deco (Designers).” Lubalin’s work can be seen in many advertisements still today. You can see some of his…