The Criticisms Against Art in Clement Greenberg’s Essay “Avant Garde and Kitsch” (1100 words, 2 pages)
In 1939, an art critic named Clement Greenberg published his essay, Avant Garde and Kitsch, in The Partisan Review, a political magazine established by the Communist Party. Greenberg approached the rise of modern art and the current state of the avant-garde through the lens of the American economic system, claiming ...
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