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The Popular Culture of Modern Art : Picasso, Duchamp, and Avant-Gardism
The Popular Culture of Modern Art Picasso Duchamp and AvantGardism Author:Jeffrey Weiss In this provocative book, Jeffrey Weiss explores the deeply ambiguous relation between modern art and popular culture, focusing on the work of Picasso and Duchamp in France in the first two decades of this century. Analyzing art, criticism, and popular culture of the period, he shows that the elements of parody and irony that emerged throughout ... more »the avant-garde movement greatly influenced public perception-and miscomprehension-of new art.« less