Postmodernism killed the Avant-Garde

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Quote from Suzanna Moor in The Guardian, talking about Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground

"To demand a bit more from the audience, that they work it out, even stay with it, is not where it's at. When Lou Reed died, I watched some Warhol movies on YouTube and one wishes Warhol were still alive to see the comments. The YouTube generation are baffled by Warhol. A film of the artist eating a hamburger is exactly that. "WTF? Is this it?" they demand, short-changed. "Is that all there is?" Sometimes."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/30/postmodernism-avant-garde-lady-gaga-lou-reed-x-factor