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The Painted Word
The Painted Word
Author: Tom Wolfe
No one skewers the popular movements of American culture like Tom Wolfe. In 1975, he turned his satirical pen to the pretensions of the contemporary art world, a world of social climbing, elitist posturing, and ingeniously absurd self-justifying theorizing. He addresses the scope of Modern Art, from its founding days as Abstract Expressionism th...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781982550264
ISBN-10: 1982550260
Publication Date: 5/22/2018
Pages: 1
Edition: Unabridged AUDIO
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Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Book Type: Audio CD
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Tom Wolfe's 1970's view of 'modern art'. True art aficionados may take exception but still an interesting, easy read for the art-illiterate.
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I have been interested and studying art history for many years and this is by far the most amusing and perceptive book on modern art that I have read. Don't miss it!


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