Download or read book Theory of the Avant-garde written by Peter Bürger and published by Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume sets before English-language readers for the first time a fully elaborated theory of the 'institution of art.' The author argues that it is the social status of art, its function and prestige in society, that provides the connection between the individual art work and history. Bürger's concept of the institution of art establishes a framework within which a work of art is both produced and received.