Sentences with phrase «artists as a betrayal»

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They were often considered artistic apostasy, blatant betrayals of his ascetic striped paintings of the 1960s, which established his reputation as a wunderkind and premier New York artist, and he became one of the cornerstones of Minimalism.

Gordon's relentlessness in the face of Moore's betrayal is a welcome addition to the canon of tell - alls, but far better is her garrulous romp through the New York art world of the 1980s, which Gordon flitted around in various capacities — as an artist, as an assistant, and as a member of an alternative - rock band that functioned more as a roving sound installation, at home in both the regular rotation of MTV and the writings of Dan Graham.

Some African - Americans artists tried to discourage Lewis's change in style, seeing it as «a betrayal of what they felt a black artist was supposed to do,» said Moe Brooker, a well - known African - American artist.

The conflation of culture and commerce is typically seen as a betrayal of the values associated with modern art; this exhibition contends that, for many artists working after Warhol, to cross this line is to engage with modern life on its own terms.