... in general attached considerable cultural kudos tothe notion of a difficult or 'avant-garde' art. Like Art &, Language'shidden image of Lenin, the art of postwar ... one position among severalon offer from literary figures of the calibre of Jean Paulhan, FrancisPonge, and Sartre.18 Given, however, that a Bataillean aura of 'baseseduction' ... POLITICS OF MODERNISMAfter Modern Art 1945-2000Oxford History of Art Dr David Hopkins is Senior Lecturer in Art History at theUniversity of Glasgow, where his broad areas of specialism...