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The Painted Word

Written by: Tom Wolfe
Narrated by: Harold N. Cropp
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No one skewers the popular movements of American culture like Tom Wolfe. In 1975, he turned his satirical pen to the pretensions of the contemporary art world - a world of social climbing, elitist posturing, and ingeniously absurd self-justifying theorizing. From the fuliginous flatness of the 50s to the pop op minimal 60s, right on through the now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t 70s, Tom Wolfe debunks the great American myth of modern art in an incandescent, hilarious, and devastating blast.

©1975 Tom Wolfe (P)2000 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Art History & Criticism Witty Entertainment
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I actually learned quite a bit from this book, even though it’s a topic I’ve read widely on. Wolfe provides fresh perspectives. My only wish is that it was longer!

Great art history lesson!

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