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High and low : modern art and popular culture
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High and low : modern art and popular culture

by Kirk Varnedoe, Adam Gopnik

This exhibition catalogue examines the relationship between modern art and popular culture. It analyses how artists adapted popular forms into new creative languages, and how these artistic innovations subsequently influenced public visual media.

Accession 31627 ISBN 0870703544 Publisher Museum of Modern Art
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