Michael J. Pearce
Author and scholar of 19th-century French culture and the history of modern art, discussing themes from his book Kitsch, Propaganda and the American Avant-Garde and providing historical analysis of Bohemian and proto-avant-garde movements.
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Feb 15, 2024 • 1h 50min
Kitsch, Propaganda and the American Avant-Garde | An Interview with Michael Pearce
Michael Pearce, writer, painter and founder of TRAC, explores how state power shaped modern art. He traces avant-garde roots to 19th-century thinkers and shows how governments and patrons steered taste. The conversation covers propaganda, the Soviet and Nazi art battles, Roosevelt and Rockefeller’s role, and the rise of imaginative realism today.
Mar 1, 2024 • 1h 20min
19th Century French Bohemia and the Proto-Avant-Garde | A Review of Michael J. Pearce's Book
Michael J. Pearce, author and scholar of 19th-century French culture, gives a lively tour of Bohemian life and the proto-avant-garde. He traces origins of “Bohemian,” links Courbet, Manet and Zola to modernism, and follows occultism, socialism and industrialization into aesthetic shifts. The conversation maps how radical politics, myth, and art-for-art’s-sake shaped the path to American avant-garde.
