Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, ParisAlong with Russian Constructivism and Surrealism, Dada stands as one of the three most significant movements of the historical avant garde. Born in the heart of Europe in the midst of World War I, Dada displayed a raucous skepticism about accepted values. Its embrace of new materials, of collage and assemblage techniques, of the designation of manufactured objects as art objects as well as its interest in performance, sound poetry and manifestos fundamentally shaped the terms of modern art practice and created an abiding legacy for postwar art. Yet, while the word Dada has common currency, few know much about Dada art itself. In contrast to other key avant-garde movements, there has never been a major American exhibition that explores Dada specifically in broad view. Dada--the catalogue to the exhibition on view in 2006 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington and The Museum of Modern Art in New York presents the hybrid forms of Dada art through an examination of city centers where Dada emerged: Zurich, Berlin, Cologne, Hanover, New York and Paris. Covered here are works by some 40 artists made in the period from circa 1916, when the Cabaret Voltaire was founded in Zurich, to 1926, by which time most of the Dada groups had dispersed or significantly transformed. The city sections bring together painting, sculpture, photography, collage, photomontage, prints and graphic work. Relying on dynamic design and vivid documentary images, Dada takes us through these six cities via topical essays and extensive plate sections; an illustrated chronology of the movement; witty chronicles of events in each city center; a selected bibliography; and biographies of each artist--accompanied by Dada-era photographs. |
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... machine and modern technology . The deploy- ment to devastating effect of newly invented submarines , air- planes , and machine guns during World War I led these artists to question the role of science and technology in modern society ...
... machine and modern technology . The deploy- ment to devastating effect of newly invented submarines , air- planes , and machine guns during World War I led these artists to question the role of science and technology in modern society ...
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... machine imagery , it should be pointed out that Schamberg had considered making paint- ings of modern mechanical appliances since 1912 and had completed a painting of a telephone by 1915.31 Schamberg's subsequent work utilized the ...
... machine imagery , it should be pointed out that Schamberg had considered making paint- ings of modern mechanical appliances since 1912 and had completed a painting of a telephone by 1915.31 Schamberg's subsequent work utilized the ...
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... machine idiom from its inception in New York , expanded on it in Paris even before Picabia's return in 1919. Ribemont - Dessaignes , a close ally of Picabia . who became managing editor of 391 in 1919-20 , proposed his own maleficent ...
... machine idiom from its inception in New York , expanded on it in Paris even before Picabia's return in 1919. Ribemont - Dessaignes , a close ally of Picabia . who became managing editor of 391 in 1919-20 , proposed his own maleficent ...
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Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris Leah Dickerman,Brigid Doherty No preview available - 2005 |
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abstract André Breton Anna Blume April Aragon Arensberg Arp's artists assemblage audience avant Dada avant-garde Baargeld Ball's Berlin Dada Berlin dadaists Cabaret Voltaire Centre Pompidou Christian Schad Cologne création industrielle Crotti culture d'art moderne Dada Dada Painters Dada's dadaists Doesburg Eluard exhibition expressionist Francis Picabia Gallery of Art George Grosz German gouache Hannah Höch Hannover Hans Arp Herzfelde Hoerle Hugo Ball Johannes Baader John Heartfield journal Kunst Kurt Schwitters Lissitzky machine manifesto Marcel Duchamp Marcel Janco Max Ernst Merz Merzbau Modern Art moderne-Centre de création movement Munich Musée national d'art Museum of Art Museum of Modern national d'art moderne-Centre National Gallery Otto Painters and Poets paper photograph photomontage poem poetry political portrait Private collection published Raoul Hausmann readymade Ribemont-Dessaignes Richard Huelsenbeck Richter Schlichter Scholz sculpture Serner soirée Sophie Taeuber Soupault Sturm tion trans Tristan Tzara Weimar World York Dada