Hans Richter, the
artist and filmmaker who helped start this radical movement, records
Dada's history, from its beginnings in wartime Zurich, to its collapse
in Paris in the 1920s, to its reappearance in the 1960s in movements
such as Pop Art. Dada led on from Expressionism, Cubism, and Futurism,
and in turn prepared the way for Surrealism. It was enlivened by extravagant
and complex personalities—notably Tzara, Picabia, Arp, Schwitters,
Duchamp, Ernst, and Man Ray—whose contributions are fully discussed
and illustrated in this definitive work.
"One of the
best and most consistently interesting documents on this extraordinary
movement that has been published in English." —The Sunday Times
ISBN 0-500-20039-4
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illustrations
Hans Richter, the
artist and filmmaker who helped start this radical movement, records
Dada's history, from its beginnings in wartime Zurich, to its collapse
in Paris in the 1920s, to its reappearance in the 1960s in movements
such as Pop Art. Dada led on from Expressionism, Cubism, and Futurism,
and in turn prepared the way for Surrealism. It was enlivened by extravagant
and complex personalities—notably Tzara, Picabia, Arp, Schwitters,
Duchamp, Ernst, and Man Ray—whose contributions are fully discussed
and illustrated in this definitive work.