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"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 divi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cotkin, George, 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Artists > United States > Biography.
Intellectuals > United States > Biography.
Extremists > United States > Biography.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > United States > History > 20th century.
Art, American > 20th century.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Performance art > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Civilization > 1945-
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
MUSIC / History & Criticism.
ART / American / General.

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