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The Painted Word

The Painted Word

Wolfe, Tom

Paperback

Art Criticism & TheoryArt HistoryGeneral Psychology

Publisher Price: $17.00

ISBN10: 1250338328
ISBN13: 9781250338327
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: Nov 5 2024
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.44 Depth: 8.25
Language: English

Reissued for today's reader with a redesigned cover by the renowned artist Seymour Chwast, Tom Wolfe trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this masterpiece (The Washington Post).

What has become of art?

In his dazzling and controversial book The Painted Word, Tom Wolfe explores this question and more as he investigates early trends in Modern Art and critiques the critics who dominated the art world during the 1960s and '70s. Wolfe addresses the scope of Modern Art, from its founding days as Abstract Expressionism through its transformations to Pop, Op, Minimal, and Conceptual. He bring into question the work of famous avant-garde artists like Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, and others. With gorgeous, pointed prose, Wolfe investigates what has become of Modern Art and examines the control that art critics have over the art world at large.

Elegant, hilarious, and devastating, The Painted Word presents a sharp critique of the modern state of art.

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