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the avant-garde

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the avant-garde
the artists, writers, musicians etc. of any period whose work is very modern and very different to what has been done before Since 1948, the exhibition has been a major showcase for the avant-garde.


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The avant-garde legacy is clearly signified, throughout Gioli's filmography, in his frequent quotations from Duchamp, Vertov, Eisenstein, Richter and Bunuel.
Instead of preventing a distilled message about his philosophy and vision, Schechner gave an elaborate explanation of the avant-garde form throughout the past 100 years, listing five categories: historical avant-garde, a forward-looking avant-garde, a tradition seeking avant-garde, an intercultural avant-garde, and a current and always changing avant-garde.
Thus, the aim of Breaking the Rules is not only to reveal the centrality of print media to the avant-garde but also to demonstrate how the avant-garde turned print into art by developing experimental typographies and creating small publications.
 
 
 
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