Tom McCarthy
Tom McCarthy was born in 1969 and lives in London. He is known for the reports, manifestos, and media interventions he has made as General Secretary of the International Necronautical Society (INS), a semi-fictitious avant-garde network. A man is ... [... more]
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David Morrison
The biggest, most important issue in business today--becoming digital--touches not only traditional enterprises but the most avant-garde of Internet companies as well. Old-economy companies must take steps to avoid becoming victims of ... [... more]
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Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch published many volumes of poetry, now gathered in The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch and On the Edge. His plays are collected in The Gold Standard: A Book of Plays and One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays, and his fiction was brought ... [... more]
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Martin Esslin
In 1953, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked ... [... more]
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Richard Grossinger
An avant garde set of improvisational essays, Richard Grossinger's The Bardo of Waking Life is a meditation on the Tibetan Buddhist bardo realm which, in popular culture, is viewed as the bridge between lives, the state people enter after death ... [... more]
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Avant Garde Page Design 1900-1950
 Excellent Overview: I was a little skeptical when I purchased it, partly because I was unfamiliar with the author, but also because the price was so cheap. Something good can't be this cheap! However, doubts and concerns were immediately dispelled when I [... more]
CDN$25.06
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Thom Mayne
Morphosis/Diamond Ranch High School presents a detailed story of the design and construction of a single building, Diamond Ranch High School by avant-garde California architecture firm Morphosis. The volume opens with an interview with Thom ... [... more]
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The Unknown Paul McCartney: McCartney and the Avant-Garde
Macca Topples Over The Unknown Edge: Being a self-confessed 'McCartney can do no wrong' fan, more books like this would help me prove my point. Macca has always been a little more complicated than people give him credit for. His side interests have [... more]
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Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1890-1950: A Critical Anthology
Recommended for college-level collections: This college-level presentation provides a scholarly critical anthology analyzing the avant-garde from 1890-1950. Writers in all countries who contributed to the avant-garde of theatre and drama provide works [... more]
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Avant-Garde
From Amazon.com: Recorded in 1960, but released in 1966, this CD features tenor saxophonist John Coltrane performing with trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Ed Blackwell--three-fourths of Ornette Coleman's trailblazing quartet. It's [... more]
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Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde
Great intro to modern art for teens & curious adults: As mentioned by the reviewers above, this book is intended forteens. However, non-enthusiasts adult readers that want to know moreabout the history of modern art will enjoy it as well. Basically, [... more]
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Cutting Edge: Art-Horror and the Horrific Avant-Garde
Avante-gardism vs Exploitation - Is there a difference?: Cutting Edge investigates the differences/relationships between avant-garde cinema and exploitation (what she terms as 'paracinema') - how viewers of both types tend to divorce themselves from [... more]
CDN$23.58
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