American avant-garde

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American avant-garde refers to innovative and experimental movements in U.S. art, film, literature, and performance that challenged traditional forms and conventions, especially throughout the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic movement ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
Beat Generation ⓘ
Black Mountain College community ⓘ
Fluxus ⓘ
Happenings ⓘ
New American Cinema ⓘ
New York School ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
emergedInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
flourishedInDecade 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
goal challenge artistic conventions ⓘ
expand definition of art ⓘ
explore new media and technologies ⓘ
hasCharacteristic anti-traditional ⓘ
experimental ⓘ
innovative ⓘ
interdisciplinary ⓘ
nonconformist ⓘ
hasDomain dance ⓘ
film ⓘ
literature ⓘ
music ⓘ
performance art ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
visual art ⓘ
influenced contemporary art ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
performance studies ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
Dada ⓘ
European avant-garde ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
typicalForm experimental film ⓘ
free verse poetry ⓘ
improvisational performance ⓘ
multimedia performance ⓘ
site-specific installation ⓘ
stream-of-consciousness prose ⓘ
typicalTheme alienation ⓘ
formal experimentation ⓘ
political dissent ⓘ
subjectivity ⓘ
urban experience ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MAMAC → collectionFocus → American avant-garde ⓘ
Rivers and Mountains → associatedWithMovement → American avant-garde ⓘ
Shigeko Kubota → culturalContext → New York avant-garde ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde
Semina Culture → artMovement → California avant-garde ⓘ
subject linked to: Semina Culture (body of work)
linked to: American avant-garde
Shirley Berman → movement → California avant-garde ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde
David Wessel → partOf → American experimental music tradition ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde
Ron Rice → movement → American avant-garde cinema ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde
Marie Menken → partOf → American avant-garde cinema ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde
John Giorno → movement → New York avant-garde ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: American avant-garde
Mario Banana No. 2 → artisticMovement → American avant-garde cinema ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde
Marsden Hartley → associatedWith → American avant-garde ⓘ
Transfigured Notes → associatedWith → American avant-garde ⓘ
High Kukus → hasArtisticMovement → American avant-garde cinema ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde
Carl Ruggles → influenced → American avant-garde composers ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde
George Manupelli → movement → American avant-garde cinema ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde
P. Adams Sitney → workFocusesOn → American avant-garde film ⓘ
linked to: American avant-garde