What makes avant-garde avant-garde?

[Malignd]

<<I think the problem is that innovation/invention do
not necessarily denote a "movement" or "revolution"
which was a very conscious aspect of the French and
Russian Avant Gardes.  It has something to do with the
defiance of an accepted mode, and as such takes on the
camaraderie of an army with its own acceptable
non-conformity (which really is funny because it
creates its own new conformity).  This is very
different than a "zeitgeist" which is usually only
recognizable after it has become a common mode, but
begins with a "new" aesthetic.  Some would argue that
the present zeitgeist is "Postmodernism" which is by
no means a "movement.">>

This seems sensible and correct to me also.





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