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anti-art

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an·ti-art (nt-ärt, nt-)
n.
Art, specifically Dada, that rejects traditional art forms and theories.


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Silverstein's anti-art stance places him squarely in the Dadaist tradition.
As he traces this history beyond the Reformation divorce between art and the church, Dyrness attempts to show that not all the Reformers were completely anti-art, and that even those that seemed to be most antagonistic to the arts nonetheless placed some value on the visual.
And from two-time acting nominee Sean Penn, a vocal critic of anything he considers anti-art in the film industry: ``It's valuable like a commercial is valuable, if (Academy Awards) get people into theaters to see movies.
 
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