avant-garde

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Nearly 60 works introduce audiences to her unique modernist perspective that, over the course of her career, shifted her vision from traditional realism to one that was expressively avant-garde.

From The Wall Street Journal

After giving up a baby for adoption at age 20, she moved to New York in 1967 and hung out with avant-garde artists and musicians.

From The Wall Street Journal

He directs avant-garde short films and designs the graphics for the group’s fliers and merchandise.

From New York Times

Younger South Korean collectors have started to collect art from the Dansaekhwa and avant-garde movements, she said, with an appreciation of the artistic history of their country that hasn’t always been obvious to younger generations.

From New York Times

Kelley said he sketched street scenes and a temple visit — “nothing outlandish or avant-garde,” he said.

From New York Times