cris
I was more casting doubt upon myself than asking you to explain yourself
the classic in classic avant garde makes a difference
as does knowing you
i feel i do know that you know what you are talking about, that we might
well share broad agreement over some categories
however, given that picasso is still routinely wheeled out as anything from
outrageous to slightly suspect by many, it is difficult to know what is
meant by the term avant garde when it is used by someone one doesn't know
well
and not just who is meant but how they are viewed
i was looking at a photo of amongst others stein and breton the other day;
and thinking that they were probably discussing how to cook cabbage to
perfection rather than extending the territory of artistic experimentation
and i am still mulling over the suggestion made at the bbk conference that
stein isnt worth reading because she had money
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interesting that we have post-modernism but not post avant-garde (or do we?)
not that I would want that given my take on what is being discussed i.e. i
am thinking of a vector rather than a point / destination, a process of
itself rather than a means to an end
hence. mindful of thje combative basis for the metaphor, I am suspicious
both of attempts to create governance in liberating territory and of desire
for an exit strategy
salt and vinegar
L
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