Ryan Kavanaugh

Israel is a wonderful place to be an artist - a place where imagination flourishes. Israeli culture is refreshingly avant garde - making films, music, performance art and visual art that continues to push the envelope, inspire and empower.

American Producer

Jane Badler

Most of my avant garde fashion is saved for my videos and for the stage. In real life, I tend towards a classy, black Goth look. I love black, a few sparkles, false eyelashes and boots. But when I perform, I love fantasy and props.

American Actress

Adam West

Crummy pictures, live appearances, circuses, avant garde theater, dinner theater. I've done it all. I've been shot out of cannons. I know what the people want. I'm out there with the people.

American Actor

Sheila Heti

Only in our failures are we absolutely alone. Only in the pursuit of failure can a person really be free. Losers may be the avant garde of the modern age.

Canadian Writer

Jonathan Miller

The burden of the past is only, I think, oppressive when you've got to go on the experience of the avant garde.

British Entertainer

Ennio Morricone

My more risky or avant garde music is not that well known to a wider audience, but I wish it was.

Italian Composer

Kamasi Washington

My dad was really into avant garde jazz: Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders.

American Musician

Krzysztof Penderecki

I have always had an audience for my music, even in the very avant garde, crazy times.

Polish Composer

Amor Towles

I love 19th-century Russian literature, the avant garde, the Soviet period.

American Novelist

Michael Graves

American Architect

Often signifies a forward-thinking or experimental approach especially in arts and design.

Cultural Edge

Mostly used in creative fields to describe cutting-edge or ahead-of-its-time qualities.

Creative Context

Used in contexts where modernity and innovation are valued, not in traditional settings.

Modern Only

When learning French, remember it specifies position in time or space, similar to 'before' in English.

Time and Place

Frequently used in set phrases; practice these to build fluency in French.

Common Phrases

Can be used both literally (before in time) and figuratively (before in order).

Literal and Figurative

Understand it's an archaic term, primarily found in historical texts or discussions.

Historical Usage

Used in a military context to refer to a strategic front position.

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