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Informationen zum Autor Clement Greenberg (1909-1994), champion of abstract expressionism and modernism-of Pollock, Miró, and Matisse-has been esteemed by many as the greatest art critic of the second half of the twentieth century, and possibly the greatest art critic of all time. On radio and in print, Greenberg was the voice of "the new American painting," and a central figure in the postwar cultural history of the United States.Greenberg first established his reputation writing for the Partisan Review, which he joined as an editor in 1940. He became art critic for The Nation in 1942, and was associate editor of Commentary from 1945 until 1957. His seminal essay, "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" set the terms for the ongoing debate about the relationship of modern high art to popular culture. Though many of his ideas have been challenged, Greenberg has influenced generations of critics, historians, and artists, and he remains influential to this day. Klappentext This is the first collection of Greenberg's writings from 1970 to 1990, where he explores a surprising breadth of issues and mediums with philosophical insight. Zusammenfassung Clement Greenberg was a colossus of twentieth-century American art, achieving a degree of authority almost unimaginable for a critic today. This essential volume is the first collection of his writing for the period from 1970-1990, and includes five interviews in which Greenberg illuminates the progression of his thought.
