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Savage Messiah: Biography as Entertainment

In the annuls of early twentieth century art, innumerably vaunted names stick out, even to the least versed in various modes of creations. The name Picasso continues to resound inside and outside of academia, at once announcing drastic change as well as something of a co-opted sense of the avant-garde.

Gone are the times of radical reinvention. Today, art and artists pass off clever winks as tomorrows million dollar work. Even if one were to dismiss all of history, today’d still be a pretty sad time. Go earn an MFA in something. See where it gets you. Probably all the way to pretension.

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