THE POPULAR CULTURE OF MODERN ART

This is a fascinating exploration of the deeply ambiguous relationship between modern art and popular culture, focusing on the work of Picasso and Duchamp in France in the first two decades of this century. Analyzing art, criticism, and popular culture of the peri od, Jeffrey Weiss shows that the elements of parody and irony that occurred throughtout the avant-garde movement greatly influenced public perception - and miscomprehension - of new art.