The Painted Word
"America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek) trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this "masterpiece" (The Washington Post)Wolfe's style has never been more dazzling, his wit never more keen. He addresses the scope of Modern Art, from its founding days as Abstract Expressionism through its...
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"America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek) trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this "masterpiece" (The Washington Post)Wolfe's style has never been more dazzling, his wit never more keen. He addresses the scope of Modern Art, from its founding days as Abstract Expressionism through its transformations to Pop, Op, Minimal, and Conceptual. This is Tom Wolfe "at his most clever, amusing, and irreverent" (San Francisco Chronicle).
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312427580 (0312427581)
ASIN: 312427581
Publish date: October 14th 2008
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Criticism,
Journalism,
Art,
Culture,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Art History
Tom Wolfe waxes snarky about Modern Art. He hates everything, but he's funny about it.