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Dada and Surrealism : a very short introduction

Author: David Hopkins
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series: Very short introductions, 105
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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From the Publisher: 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  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David Hopkins
ISBN: 0192802542 9780192802545
OCLC Number: 51668496
Description: 183 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents: List of illustrations --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction --
1: Dada and Surrealism : a historical overview --
2: Rather life: promoting Dada and Surrealism --
3: Art and anti-art --
4: Who am I?: mind/spirit/body --
5: Politics --
6: Looking back on Dada and Surrealism --
References --
Further reading --
Dada : the main centres: key individuals and events --
Key Surrealist events --
Key figures associated with surrealism --
Index.
Series Title: Very short introductions, 105
Responsibility: David Hopkins.
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Abstract:

From the Publisher: 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. Hopkins explores the huge range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism (collage, painting, found objects, performance art, photography, film) , whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. He also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the Surrealists' return to the fetishized/eroticized body.

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