Feast of Excess
United states, civilization, 1945-
United states, history, 1945-
United states, social conditions, 1945-
Performance art
Artists, united states
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
American literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Art, american
Artists, biography
American Art
Intellectuals
Artists
American literature
Intellectual life
Civilization
History and criticism
Biography
History
"In 1952, John Cage shocked audiences with 4'33", his compositional ode to the ironic power of silence. From Cage's minimalism to Chris Burden's radical performance art two decades later (in one piece he had himself shot), the post-war American avant-garde shattered the divide between low and high a…
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