{"product_id":"my-avant-garde-education-bernard-cooper-9780393240719","title":"My Avant-Garde Education: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in the suburbs--confused about his sexuality, about his consumer-oriented world, about the death of his older brother--Bernard Cooper falls in love with Pop art and sets off for the California Institute of the Arts, the center of the burgeoning field of conceptual art, in this beguiling memoir. The most famous, and infamous, artists of the time drift through the place, including Allan Kaprow and John Baldessari, not to mention the student who phones the Identi-Kit division of the Los Angeles Police Department and has them make a composite drawing of the \u003cem\u003eMona Lisa\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eMy Avant-Garde Education\u003c\/em\u003e is at once an artist's coming-of-age story and a personal chronicle of the era of conceptual art, from a writer \"of uncommon subtlety and nuance\" (David Ulin, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e). It is a record of the wonders and follies of a certain era in art history, always aware that awakening to art is, for a young person, inseparable from awakening to the ever-shifting nature of the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393240711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393240719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/2015","brand":"Bernard Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478331449599,"sku":"9780393240719","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2876e0ef-580f-41a5-9bee-d08b8fcabe37.jpg?v=1715934947","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-avant-garde-education-bernard-cooper-9780393240719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}