Sunday, May 19, 2013
About Mars Hill Audio
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| Art critic Ted Prescott offers a primer for understanding abstract art. For many people, abstract painting and sculpture is at best a highly specialized and technical interest, and at worst a joke. If, however, one is interested in comprehending the dynamics of twentieth-century culture, it is imperative to have some understanding of the rise of abstraction-how ideas about abstraction have evolved and how numerous social and cultural forces outside the art world influence its development. |  |
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| Ted Prescott has contributed to multiple editions of the Journal; click here for his record. | Art, Abstract Visual Arts |