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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... Hannover Top right : ( Left to right ) El Lissitzky , Theo van Doesburg , Hans Arp , Nelly van Doesburg , Helma Schwitters with son Ernst , and Kurt Schwitters in front of the Schwitters ' house at 5 Waldhausenstrasse , Hannover , 1922 ...
... Hannover Top right : ( Left to right ) El Lissitzky , Theo van Doesburg , Hans Arp , Nelly van Doesburg , Helma Schwitters with son Ernst , and Kurt Schwitters in front of the Schwitters ' house at 5 Waldhausenstrasse , Hannover , 1922 ...
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... Hannover was not a Dada center in the way that Zurich and Berlin - as gathering points for a com- munity of closely allied artists - were . If Hannover Dada was Merz , it was tied to Schwitters and traveled with him , thus making him an ...
... Hannover was not a Dada center in the way that Zurich and Berlin - as gathering points for a com- munity of closely allied artists - were . If Hannover Dada was Merz , it was tied to Schwitters and traveled with him , thus making him an ...
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... HANNOVER Kurt Schwitters born 1887 Hannover , Germany died 1948 Kendal , England Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters was born into a well - off family of shopkeepers in the provincial bourgeois city of Hannover . He began ...
... HANNOVER Kurt Schwitters born 1887 Hannover , Germany died 1948 Kendal , England Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters was born into a well - off family of shopkeepers in the provincial bourgeois city of Hannover . He began ...
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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 Angelika Anna Blume April Aragon Arensberg Artists Rights Society assemblage audience avant-garde Baargeld Baroness Berlin Dada Cabaret Voltaire Centre Pompidou Christian Schad collage création industrielle culture Dada Dada Fair Dada Painters Dada's dadaists Doesburg exhibition expressionist February film Francis Picabia French Gallery of Art George Grosz German gouache Hannah Höch Hannover Hans Arp Herzfelde International Dada issue Jean Crotti John Heartfield journal Kunst Kurt Schwitters Lissitzky Littérature machine manifesto Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Merz Merzbau Modern Art montage movement Munich Musée national d'art Museum of Art Museum of Modern national d'art moderne-Centre National Gallery November Otto painting paper Paris Dada photograph photomontage poem poet poetry political portrait Private collection published Raoul Hausmann readymade Ribemont-Dessaignes Richard Huelsenbeck Richter Schamberg Schlichter sculpture Serner soirée Sophie Taeuber Sturm tion trans Tristan Tzara Untitled Walter Weimar wood World York Dada