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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791979303321

Autore

Sant Toni

Titolo

Franklin Furnace and the spirit of the avant-garde [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the future / / Toni Sant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16262-8

9786613162625

1-84150-443-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

700.411

709.04/070747471

Soggetti

Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - United States - History - 20th century

Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - United States - History - 21st century

Arts - Experimental methods - History - 20th century

Arts - Experimental methods - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1: Franklin Furnace: A Timeline; Chapter 2: A Long Conversation with Martha Wilson; Part II; Chapter 3: Broadcasting Artists' Ideas; Chapter 4: Virtually Live; Chapter 5: Preserving the Avant-Garde; Franklin Furnace Publications; References; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Franklin Furnace is a renowned New York-based arts organization whose mission is to preserve, document, and present works of avant-garde art by emerging artists - particularly those whose works may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect or politically unpopular content. Over more than thirty years, Franklin Furnace has exhibited works by hundreds of avant-garde artists, some of whom - Laurie Anderson, Vito Acconci and the Blue Man Group, to name a few - are now established names in contemporary art. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive history of this remarkable organization from i