How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art

Guilbaut Serge

Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. New York, 1935-1941: The De-Marxization of the Intelligentsia
2. The Second World War and the Attempt to Establish an Independent American Art
3. The Creation of an American Avant-Garde, 1945-1947
4. Success: How New York Stole the Notion of Modernism from the Parisians, 1948
5. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Serge Guilbaut is professor and department head in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia.

Reviews

"A provocative interpretation of the political and cultural history of the early cold war years... By insisting that art, even art of the avant-garde, is part of the general culture, not autonomous or above it, he forces us to think differently not only about art and art history but about society itself" – New York Times Book Review

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