Shock of the New
by Robert Hughes
When art broke the frame.
you want to understand modern art not as trivia but as a record of everything the 20th century went through
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Hughes’ The Shock of the New is the definitive tour through modern art’s century of rebellion — a sweeping, sharp-tongued account of how painters, sculptors, and radicals shattered tradition to invent the modern eye. With unmatched wit and clarity, Hughes cuts through pretension and hype, revealing the social and political nerves beneath the avant-garde. It’s both love letter and autopsy — art history written like a punk sermon.
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- Art-MakingArt as Action
