Chris Burden

King of the Avant-Garde
1975

A collage of various printed materials including magazine covers, articles, and photographs, with handwritten annotations and underlined sections. The central theme appears to be a critique or analysis of art and culture, with a prominent TIME magazine cover titled "Rating Macy's: It May Not Be Good For You" and a book cover titled "CIVILIZATION." The collage includes images of artworks and cultural figures, and is signed "Song of the Avant-Garde, Clive Barker, 1975" at the bottom right.
A collage of various printed materials including magazine covers, articles, and photographs, with handwritten annotations and underlined sections. The central theme appears to be a critique or analysis of art and culture, with a prominent TIME magazine cover titled "Rating Macy's: It May Not Be Good For You" and a book cover titled "CIVILIZATION." The collage includes images of artworks and cultural figures, and is signed "Song of the Avant-Garde, Clive Barker, 1975" at the bottom right.

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Date
1975

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Offset lithography, relief, and relief halftone printed paper collage, and fiber-tipped pen on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 3/4 × 39 1/2in. (75.6 × 100.3 cm)

Accession number
95.171

Series
Commentary Drawings

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Chris Burden / Licensed by the Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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