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

• Autore: Sant Toni
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 700.411; 709.04/070747471
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Franklin Furnace and the spirit of the avant-garde
• ISBN: 1-283-16262-8; 9786613162625; 1-84150-443-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791979303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II