Avant-garde (French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard".[1] The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics, says Wikipedia.
Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo, primarily in the cultural realm. The notion of the existence of the avant-garde is considered by some to be a hallmark of modernism, as distinct from postmodernism.
Damien Hirst has upset the world of modern Western art by his audacious assemblages such as the 14-foot shark suspended in formaldehyde called "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living."
The shark sculpture has been widely condemned as well as praised. It is displayed in the Met, NYC.
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