Theory of the Rearguard

Cuban art critic and curator Iván de la Nuez returns with an ironic epitaph for contemporary art. Art criticism that examines contemporary art in the 21st century in relationship to politics, iconography, and literature. “Iván de la Nuez transforms art criticism into an art form.” — Letras Libres Theory of the Rearguard examines how contemporary art is in tension with survival, rather than in relation to life. In the twentieth century, Peter Bürger’s Theory of the Avant-Garde was a cult book foc