avant-garde
noun
the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
avant-gardes
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pluralof avant-garde.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The troupe’s co-founders, Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska, are serious artists whose shrewd approach and mischievous creative drive combine elements of European and American avant-gardes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
She has been rightly noticed by other artistic avant-gardes, and has collaborated with electronic composers and been commissioned by choreographers.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2017
It took many years, and a model of art history that stopped seeing the past as a mere succession of avant-gardes, before Klossowski finally won attention in Europe as a visual artist.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2015
It was, as art historian Kristine Stiles has noted, multicultural and multiracial, with more women than most avant-gardes before it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2012
Mott thinks that punk has been misrepresented since, both by rock historians who have over-intellectualised its meaning and context, and by curators who over-emphasise its artistic links to previous avant-gardes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2010
