Anything in art,music or literature which is very modern or ahead of its time is called avant-garde.

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So even though he's very closely connected to the legacy of avant-garde modernism, he's also connected to a social realist strain, the naturalist strain.

虽然怀特,与前卫现代主义的传承，有千丝万缕的关联，但他仍具有现实主义。

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and he decided to bring all kinds of avant-garde theater and some not-so-out-there films and plays.

他决定带给我们各种前卫的戏剧和一些市面上不常见的电影和剧本。

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We think that we're avant-garde of a major revolution.

可以说,我们是一场重大变革的先驱

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you know, corporate and big or if I'm doing some tiny avant-garde,

公司的、大型的项目，或者说我在做些不起眼的前卫的东西，

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I think that Phillipe Blond is a very wonderful designer because he's extremely avant-garde in what he does.

我觉得Phillipe Blond是个很不错的设计师，因为他在这个领域特别前卫。

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