Dada & Surrealism: A Very Short Introduction
David Hopkins Oxford University Press

Dada & Surrealism: A Very Short Introduction

Paginas

183

Formato

Paperback

Fecha de lanzamiento

June 2004

Editora

Oxford University Press

Peso

5.6 oz

Tamaño

6.82 x 4.4 x 0.49 "
The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding these movements: the Marquis de Sade's Surrealist deification, issues of quality (How good is Dali?), the idea of the 'readymade', attitudes towards the city, the impact of Freud, attitudes to women, fetishism, and primitivism. The international nature of these movements is examined, covering the cities of Zurich, New York, Berlin, Cologne, Barcelona, Paris, London, and recently discovered examples in Eastern Europe.