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.
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.
Tomeka Reid, one of today’s leading cellists in jazz and avant-garde music, agreed.
From New York Times
In reality, from about 1955, everyone wanting to be part of the avant-garde was reacting against abstract expressionism until, eventually, they weren’t.
From Washington Post
Even at No. 5, with less room for avant-garde maneuvering than their normal lower pick, the Seahawks pulled a fast one by making a selection few saw coming.
From Seattle Times
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