The Originality Of The Avant-Garde And Other Modernist Myths
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Edition: Fifth printing
Condition remarks:
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What does it mean for art to be truly original in a world built on repetition, reproduction, and cultural inheritance? Rosalind E. Krauss's landmark collection of critical essays dismantles the most cherished assumptions of modernist art theory, arguing with rigorous precision that the avant-garde's celebrated claim to radical originality is itself a myth — a fiction constructed to sustain the ideological needs of a particular cultural moment. Drawing on structuralism, psychoanalysis, and semiotics, Krauss examines works by Rodin, the Surrealists, and figures of postmodernism to expose the grid, the index, and the simulacrum as the true structural logics beneath modernism's self-mythology. A foundational text in postmodern art criticism, The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths reshaped the discourse of art history and critical theory when it appeared, and its influence continues to reverberate through contemporary cultural studies. Krauss writes with the authority of a scholar who helped define the field — her prose is precise, combative, and intellectually demanding, rewarding readers who meet it on its own terms. For anyone seeking to understand why postmodernism declared war on modernism's grand narratives, this essential volume holds the key.
Author: Rosalind E. Krauss
Format: Paperback
Published: 1988, The MIT Press
Genre: Literary theory
Edition: Fifth printing
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Paperback Page Condition: Good. Markings: previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, some fading on spine.
What does it mean for art to be truly original in a world built on repetition, reproduction, and cultural inheritance? Rosalind E. Krauss's landmark collection of critical essays dismantles the most cherished assumptions of modernist art theory, arguing with rigorous precision that the avant-garde's celebrated claim to radical originality is itself a myth — a fiction constructed to sustain the ideological needs of a particular cultural moment. Drawing on structuralism, psychoanalysis, and semiotics, Krauss examines works by Rodin, the Surrealists, and figures of postmodernism to expose the grid, the index, and the simulacrum as the true structural logics beneath modernism's self-mythology. A foundational text in postmodern art criticism, The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths reshaped the discourse of art history and critical theory when it appeared, and its influence continues to reverberate through contemporary cultural studies. Krauss writes with the authority of a scholar who helped define the field — her prose is precise, combative, and intellectually demanding, rewarding readers who meet it on its own terms. For anyone seeking to understand why postmodernism declared war on modernism's grand narratives, this essential volume holds the key.