From:
Norman Watts <Norman_Watts@zzzzzzz>
Date:
Mon, 6 Feb 2006 06:00:22 -0500
Subject:
Dada
More coincidences. The National Gallery of Art here in DC will have a =20=
major Dadaist exhibit in a few days. I'll have to check out the =20
famous fountain...
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Overview: Dada, one of the crucially significant movements of the =20
historical avant-garde, was born in the heart of Europe in the midst =20
of World War I. In the wake of that brutal conflict, Dadaists =20
raucously challenged tradition, and art-making was changed forever. =20
The most comprehensive museum exhibition of Dada art ever mounted in =20
the United States, Dada features painting, sculpture, photography, =20
film, collage, and readymades emerging in six cities: Zurich, Berlin, =20=
Hannover, Cologne, New York, and Paris. The exhibition presents many =20
of the most influential figures in the history of modernism, as well =20
as others less known, including Tristan Tzara, Hans Arp, Sophie =20
Taeuber, Hans Richter, Hannah H=F6ch, Raoul Hausmann, George Grosz, =20
John Heartfield, Kurt Schwitters, Max Ernst, Francis Picabia, Man =20
Ray, and Marcel Duchamp.=
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