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List of avant-garde artists
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Avant-garde (French pronunciation: [avɑ̃ ɡaʁd]) is French for "vanguard".[1] The term is commonly used in French, English, and German to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art and culture.
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. Postmodernism posits that the age of the constant pushing of boundaries is no longer with us and that avant-garde has little to no applicability in the age of Postmodern art.
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Visual artists
- Pierre Alechinsky (Belgian artist, member of CoBrA)
- Alexander Archipenko (Ukrainian sculptor)
- Magdalena Abakanowicz (Polish sculptor)
- Hans Bellmer (German artist)
- Joseph Beuys (German artist)[2]
- Francisco Bores (Spanish painter)
- Constantin Brâncuși (Romanian sculptor)[3]
- Georges Braque (French painter)[4]
- David Burliuk (Ukrainian painter, illustrator)
- Wladimir Burliuk (illustrator, Jack of Diamonds)
- Giorgio de Chirico (painter)[5]
- Joseph Csaky (Hungarian-French sculptor)
- Salvador Dalí (Spanish painter)
- Theo van Doesburg (Dutch artist) the founder of De Stijl.[6][7]
- Jean Dubuffet (French painter)[8]
- Marcel Duchamp (French artist)[9]
- Naum Gabo (sculptor)[10]
- Pablo Gargallo (Spanish sculptor)
- Paul Gauguin[11]
- Alberto Giacometti (sculptor)[12]
- Albert Gleizes (French painter and theorist)
- Julio González (Spanish sculptor)[13]
- Natalia Goncharova (Russian painter)
- Arshile Gorky (painter)
- George Grosz (German painter)
- Neil Harbisson (English artist)
- Asger Jorn (Danish artist, member of CoBrA)
- Wassily Kandinsky (Russian artist)[14]
- Allan Kaprow (painter/happenings)[15]
- Roger Kemp (Pioneer Australian abstractionist)
- Frederick John Kiesler (designer), (sculptor), (visual artist)
- Willem de Kooning (painter)[16]
- Yayoi Kusama (Japanese artist and writer)
- Fernand Léger (painter)
- El Lissitzky (Russian artist)[17]
- Kazimir Malevich (Ukrainian artist)[18]
- Agnes Martin (painter)[19]
- Henri Matisse (painter)[20]
- Jean Metzinger (French painter and theorist)
- Joan Miró (Spanish painter and sculptor)
- Piet Mondrian (Dutch artist)[21]
- Henry Moore (sculptor)[22]
- Barnett Newman (painter)[23]
- Georgia O'Keeffe (American artist)[24]
- Claes Oldenburg (sculptor)[25]
- Yoko Ono (Japanese-American sculptor/installation artist/musician)
- Francis Picabia (painter)
- Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter and sculptor)
- Antoine Pevsner (sculptor)
- Jackson Pollock (painter)[26]
- Robert Rauschenberg (painter)[27]
- Man Ray (painter and visual artist)
- Ad Reinhardt (painter)[28]
- Jean-Paul Riopelle (Canadian artist)
- Alexander Rodchenko (Russian artist)
- Olga Rozanova (Russian artist)
- Louis Schanker (American printmaker and sculptor)
- Kurt Schwitters (German artist)
- David Smith (American sculptor)
- Kenneth Snelson (sculptor)
- Frank Stella (painter)[29]
- Vladimir Tatlin (Russian artist)
- Remedios Varo (Mexican-Spanish painter)
- Wolf Vostell (German Artist)[30]
- Andy Warhol (American painter and director)[31]
- Wols (German painter and photographer)
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Architects
Performance artists
- Marina Abramović (Serbian performance artist)
- Vito Acconci (American performance artist
- Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca (Catalan performance artist)
- Matthew Barney (American performance artist)
- Günter Brus (Austrian performance artist)
- Marco Donnarumma (Italian performance artist)
- Valie Export (Austrian performance artist)
- Diamanda Galás (American performance artist)
- Hermann Nitsch (Austrian performance artist)
- Stelarc (Cyprus-born performance artist)
Musicians
- Laurie Anderson (American composer)
- George Antheil (American composer)
- Albert Ayler (Free jazz)[32]
- John Balance (Music Composer, poet)
- The Beatles (English rock lyricists, composers, and singers)[33][34]
- Luciano Berio (Italian composer)
- Arthur Brown (English rock singer and performer)
- Pierre Boulez (French composer)
- David Bowie (English rock singer and performer)
- Glenn Branca (American guitarist and composer)
- John Zorn (American musician and composer)
- Harold Budd (American composer)
- John Cage (American composer)
- Les Claypool (American musician, singer, bassist, film maker, novelist, composer)
- Ornette Coleman (American jazz musician)
- John Coltrane (American jazz musician)
- Anna Eriksson (Finnish composer)
- Conlon Nancarrow (American composer)
- Tony Conrad (American violinist and composer)
- Ivor Cutler (Scottish avant-musician and poet)
- Miles Davis (American jazz musician)
- Claude Debussy (French composer)[35]
- Eric Dolphy (American jazz musician)
- Duke Ellington (American jazz musician, band leader and composer)
- Don Ellis (American jazz musician, band leader and composer)
- Brian Eno (English musician and composer)
- Aphex Twin (British musician and composer)
- Morton Feldman (American composer)
- Brigitte Fontaine (French Singer, novelist, playwright and actress)
- Aaron Funk (Canadian electronic musician)
- Diamanda Galás (American musician, composer and performance artist)
- Philip Glass (American composer)
- Dave Holland (British jazz musician)
- Charles Ives (American composer)[36]
- Roland Kirk (American jazz musician)
- Bill Laswell (avant-garde musician)
- György Ligeti (Hungarian/Austrian/Romanian composer)
- Witold Lutosławski (Polish composer)
- Béla Bartók (Hungarian composer)
- Lydia Lunch (American singer, poet, writer and actress)
- Angus MacLise (American percussionist)
- Charles Mingus (American jazz musician)
- Thelonious Monk (American jazz musician)
- Max Neuhaus (composer)
- Mike Oldfield (English composer)
- Pauline Oliveros (American composer and accordionist)
- Yoko Ono (Japanese artist and musician)
- Harry Partch (American composer and instrument designer)
- Mike Patton (American musician, singer and composer)
- Krzysztof Penderecki (Polish composer)
- Astor Piazzolla (Argentine nuevo tango pioneer)
- Jarosław Pijarowski (Polish contemporary musician, poet, photographer, creator of fine arts and theatre-music spectacles)
- Sun Ra (Free jazz innovator)
- Steve Reich (American composer)
- Terry Riley (American composer)
- Diana Ringo (Finnish composer)
- Arthur Russell (American musician, singer and composer)
- Pharoah Sanders (American jazz musician)
- Erik Satie (French composer and pianist)
- Janek Schaefer (English composer musician artist)
- Pierre Schaeffer (French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist and acoustician)
- Arnold Schoenberg (Austrian/American composer)
- Archie Shepp (American jazz musician)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (German composer)
- Igor Stravinsky (Russian composer)[37]
- David Tudor (American composer)
- Arto Tunçboyacıyan (Armenian vocalist, multiinstrumentalist)
- Edgard Varèse (French composer, later naturalized American citizen)
- David Vorhaus (American electronic composer with the English band White Noise)
- Igor Wakhévitch (French composer)
- Anton Webern (Second Viennese School)
- Robert Wyatt (English singer and songwriter)
- Iannis Xenakis (Greek composer and architect)
- Kathleen Yearwood (Canadian composer)
- La Monte Young (American composer)
- Frank Zappa (American composer, guitarist and satirist)
- Autopsia (ex-Yugoslavian/Czech post-industrial band)
- Amon Düül II (German krautrock band)
- Arcturus (Norwegian avant-garde band)
- Maya Beiser (experimental cellist)
- Captain Beefheart (experimental rock singer)
- Boredoms (Japanese noise band)
- Björk (Icelandic musician)
- Buckethead (American composer and guitarist)
- Butthole Surfers (American experimental rock band)
- John Cale (Welsh avant-garde musician)
- Can (avant-garde rock band)
- Coil (British electronic post-industrial band)
- Cluster (German krautrock group)
- Einstürzende Neubauten (German industrial band)
- Fantômas (American noise metal band)
- Faust (German krautrock band)
- Pink Floyd (English avant-garde/psychedelic/art rock Band)
- Gong (French-English avant-garde/progressive rock band)
- Half Japanese (American alternative band)
- Hella (band) (American avant-garde/experimental band)
- Henry Cow (British avant-garde/progressive rock band)
- Iwrestledabearonce (American progressive/avant-garde metal band)
- Jonathan Davis and the SFA (American avant-garde band)
- JPEGMafia (American rapper and producer)
- Kayo Dot (American avant-rock/metal band)
- Kraftwerk (German electronic/krautrock group)
- Laibach (Slovenian experimental/avant-garde/industrial music group)
- The Mars Volta (American experimental/fusion rock band)
- Melvins (American experimental rock band)
- Meshuggah (Swedish experimental/progressive metal band)[38]
- Moondog (American avant-garde artist)
- Neurosis (American sludge/drone/post-metal band)
- The Observatory (Singaporean experimental rock band)
- Ours to Destroy (avant-garde folk rock band)
- Pan.Thy.Monium (Swedish progressive metal band)
- Pere Ubu (American post-punk band)
- Art Bears (British avant-rock band)
- Public Image Ltd (British post-punk band)
- Radiohead (English art rock/experimental rock band)
- Ram-Zet (Norwegian avant-garde metal band)
- Rasputina (experimental rock band)
- Recoil (band) (British avant-garde/electronic musical project)
- The Residents (American avant-rock band)
- Scars on Broadway (Experimental rock band)
- Scott Walker (American experimental avant-garde pop musician)
- Sigh (Japanese progressive/avant-garde black metal band)
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (American avant-garde metal/rock group)
- Soft Machine (English avant-garde/progressive rock band)
- Sonic Youth (American alternative band)
- Sunn O))) (American drone/metal/ambient band)
- Swans (American post-punk/No Wave band)
- Throbbing Gristle (English industrial band)
- Mr. Bungle (American avant-garde metal group)
- The Velvet Underground (American art/protopunk band)
- Lou Reed (American alternative/avant-garde/protopunk musician)
- Patti Smith (American protopunk singer)
- Vernian Process (American steampunk/avant-garde band)
- Už jsme doma (Czech avant-garde band)
- What's He Building in There? (Canadian avant-garde metal group)
- Waltari (Finnish progressive/avant-garde/alternative metal band)
- John Bruce Wallace (American composer and avant-garde, free jazz, fusion, experimental, improvisational progressive metal guitarist)
- Thom Yorke (English musician)
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Authors, playwrights, actors, theatre directors and poets
- JoAnne Akalaitis (writer/director/ Mabou Mines)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (writer)
- Antonin Artaud (French actor, director and theorist)
- H. C. Artmann (Austrian-born poet and writer)
- Hugo Ball (German writer, dadaist)
- J. G. Ballard (British author)
- Georges Bataille (French writer and essayist)
- Julian Beck (actor/director/ The Living Theatre)
- Samuel Beckett (Irish playwright)
- Maurice Blanchot (French writer and essayist)
- Jorge Luis Borges (Argentine short story writer)
- André Breton (French author)
- Hermann Broch (Austrian writer)[39]
- Christine Brooke-Rose (British writer and literary critic)
- William S. Burroughs (author, poet, essayist)
- Jim Carroll (avant-garde poet)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (author)
- Gregory Corso (experimental Beat poet)
- Jayne Cortez (American poet and spoken-word artist)
- E. E. Cummings (poet)
- Jeffrey Daniels (American Poet)
- Guy Debord (French author, and philosopher)
- John Dos Passos (American writer)
- Duncan Fallowell (English writer)
- Benjamin Fondane (Romanian/French poet, critic, existentialist philosopher)
- Richard Foreman (American Director/designer/playwright/compositional theater maker)
- Genpei Akasegawa (Japanese artist and novelist)
- Allen Ginsberg (poet)
- Witold Gombrowicz (writer)
- Eugen Gomringer (the father of concrete poetry)
- Jerzy Grotowski (director)
- Stewart Home (writer)
- Per Højholt (Danish poet)
- Ernst Jandl (Austrian writer, poet, and translator)
- Alfred Jarry (writer)
- James Joyce (writer)
- Franz Kafka (writer)
- Tadeusz Kantor (director)
- Lajos Kassák (1887–1967, Hungarian avant-garde poet and painter)
- Srečko Kosovel (Slovene poet)
- Peter Laugesen (Danish poet)
- Jackson Mac Low, American poet
- Mina Loy (British painter/poet)
- Dimitris Lyacos (writer/playwright/poet)
- Judith Malina (actor/director/ The Living Theatre)
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (founder of Italian futurism)
- Vladimir Mayakovsky (Russian futurist writer and poet)
- Vsevolod Meyerhold (director)
- Henry Miller (author)
- Ion Minulescu (Romanian poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic, playwright)
- Yukio Mishima (writer, playwright, poet)
- Vladimir Nabokov (Russian author)
- Anaïs Nin (French diarist, author, poet)
- Ezra Pound (American poet)
- Alain Robbe-Grillet (French author, playwright, filmmaker)
- Raymond Roussel (writer)
- Bruno Schulz (writer)
- Kirill Serebrennikov (Russian theater director)
- Gertrude Stein (author, essayist)
- Ellen Stewart (theater director/ La MaMa)
- Jean Tardieu (artist, playwright, poet)
- Sergei Tretyakov (Russian writer)
- Tristan Tzara (Romanian poet)
- Urmuz (Romanian writer)
- Ilarie Voronca (Romanian poet, essayist)
- William Carlos Williams (American poet)
- Miroslav Wanek (Czech composer, poet, singer)
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (writer)
- Robert Wilson (director)
- Virginia Woolf (English author)
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Photographers, filmmakers, video artists
- John Abraham (Indian movie director)
- Kenneth Anger (American filmmaker)
- Diane Arbus (American photographer)
- Berenice Abbott (American photographer)
- Bruce Baillie (American filmmaker)
- Craig Baldwin (American filmmaker)
- Matthew Barney (American performance artist, filmmaker, photographer)
- Timur Bekmambetov (Russian filmmaker)
- Jordan Belson (American filmmaker)
- Patrick Bokanowski (French filmmaker)
- Stan Brakhage (American filmmaker)
- Luis Buñuel (Spanish filmmaker)
- John Cassavetes (American filmmaker)
- Věra Chytilová (Czech filmmaker)
- Jean Cocteau (French poet, artist, filmmaker)
- Bruce Conner (American filmmaker, sculptor, and painter)
- Tony Conrad (American video artist, experimental filmmaker)
- David Cronenberg (American filmmaker)
- Maya Deren (American filmmaker)
- Nathaniel Dorsky (American filmmaker)
- Germaine Dulac (French filmmaker)
- Anna Eriksson (Finnish filmmaker)
- Harun Farocki (German filmmaker)
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder (German filmmaker)
- David Gatten (American filmmaker)
- Ernie Gehr (American filmmaker)
- Jean-Luc Godard (French filmmaker)
- Larry Gottheim (American filmmaker)
- Philippe Grandrieux (French filmmaker)
- Jerome Hiler (American filmmaker)
- Peter Hutton (American filmmaker)
- Ken Jacobs (American filmmaker)
- Alejandro Jodorowsky (Chilean director)
- Mary Jordan (American filmmaker, performance artist, activist)
- Jaromil Jireš (Czechoslovak filmmaker)
- Harmony Korine (American filmmaker)
- Kurt Kren (Austrian filmmaker)
- Stanley Kubrick (American filmmaker)
- Peter Kubelka (Austrian filmmaker)
- Jørgen Leth (Danish filmmaker)
- Len Lye (New Zealand filmmaker)
- David Lynch (American filmmaker)
- Jodie Mack (American filmmaker)
- Christopher Maclaine (American filmmaker)
- Robert Mapplethorpe (American photographer)
- Toshio Matsumoto (Japanese experimental filmmaker‚ video artist)
- Jonas Mekas (Lithuanian-American filmmaker)
- Otto Muehl (Austrian filmmaker)
- Dudley Murphy (Experimental filmmaker)
- Ryūtarō Nakamura (Japanese director and animator)
- Gunvor Nelson (Swedish filmmaker)
- Nikos Nikolaidis (Greek filmmaker)
- Andrew Noren (American filmmaker)
- Mamoru Oshii (Japanese filmmaker)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian filmmaker, poet and writer)
- Simone Rapisarda Casanova (Italian filmmaker)
- Man Ray (American/French, photographer and filmmaker)
- Alain Resnais (French filmmaker)
- Diana Ringo (Finnish filmmaker)
- Jacques Rivette (French filmmaker)
- Jean Rouch (Ethnographic filmmaker)
- Rudolf Schwarzkogler (Austrian filmmaker)
- Kirill Serebrennikov (Russian filmmaker)
- Jack Smith (American filmmaker)
- Michael Snow (Canadian artist, filmmaker)
- Sion Sono (Japanese filmmaker, dramatist and poet)
- Straub–Huillet (French filmmakers)
- Phil Solomon (American filmmaker)
- Léopold Survage (French artist of Russian-Danish-Finnish descent)
- Shūji Terayama (Japanese dramatist, filmmaker, poet and writer)
- Lars von Trier (Danish filmmaker)
- Andy Warhol (American artist)
- Peter Weibel (Austrian filmmaker)
- Joel-Peter Witkin (American photographer)
- Fred Worden (American filmmaker)
- Kansuke Yamamoto (Japanese photographer and poet)
- Thierry Zéno (Belgian filmmaker)
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Dancers and choreographers
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- Pina Bausch (German dancer, choreographer)
- Trisha Brown (American dancer, choreographer)
- Lucinda Childs (American dancer, choreographer)
- Merce Cunningham (American dancer, choreographer)
- Isadora Duncan (pioneer of modern dance)
- Loie Fuller (pioneer of modern dance)
- Valeska Gert (1892–1978) (German dancer)[40]
- Martha Graham (American dancer, choreographer)
- Sally Gross (American dancer, choreographer)
- Deborah Hay (American dancer, choreographer)
- Anna Halprin (American dancer, choreographer)
- Erick Hawkins (American dancer, choreographer)
- Hanya Holm (pioneer of modern dance)
- Doris Humphrey (pioneer of modern dance)
- Léonide Massine (pioneer of modern dance)
- Vaslav Nijinsky (pioneer of modern dance)
- Alwin Nikolais (American dancer, choreographer)
- Yvonne Rainer (American dancer, choreographer)
- Ruth St. Denis (pioneer of modern dance)
- Ted Shawn (pioneer of modern dance)
- Anna Sokolow (American dancer, choreographer)
- Helen Tamiris (pioneer of modern dance)
- Twyla Tharp (American choreographer, dancer)
- Charles Weidman (pioneer of modern dance)
- Mary Wigman (German dancer, choreographer)
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Others
- Yuri Landman (Experimental instrument builder)
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