How to Be Avant-Garde: Modern Artists and the Quest to End Art

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STAFF RECOMMENDS “Not the self-help volume implied by the title, but instead a comprehensive survey of early radical art—Dadaism, Surrealism, Futurism, Constructivism—fueled by the horrors of World War I and the torrent of conceptual isms springing from Duchamp’s infamous Fountain, all attempting to destroy the complacency of the art world.” - Tim/Book & Media Manager   “Art has poisoned our life,” proclaimed Dutch artist and De Stijl cofounder Theo van Doesburg. Reacting to the tumultuous crises of the…