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At its height, the Dada movement not only upended European art, it also brought that tradition into unprecedented dialogue with non-European forms of expression. This book offers the first extended analysis of Dada’s exploration of non-Western art and culture. Richly illustrated essays present close analyses of artifacts from Africa, Asia, and Oceania in the context of Dada and through an ethnological lens. Contributors also investigate the ways in which the influence of Dada can be seen in postcolonial discourse and in the context of cultural transfer. Featuring works by Jean Arp, Hugo Ball, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Höch, Man Ray, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Tristan Tzara, and many other artists, this is a major work that will enable a broad rethinking of Dada’s aims and achievements. Scheidegger & Spiess Art I Photography I Architecture The Dada movement’s examination of non-European art is a hardly explored topic so far First book ever to document how Dada absorbed artistic influences from Africa, Asia, and Oceania Exhibition: Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, 4 August to 7 November 2016 The largely unknown story of how the Dada movement explored and was inspired by art from Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Bookstore Location Art Audience Anyone interested in Dada and non-European art; academic libraries Dada Africa Dialogue with the Other Edited by Ralf Burmeister, Michaela Oberhofer, and Esther Tisa Francini In cooperation with Museum Rietberg Zürich and Berlinische Galerie, Berlin Hardback, 244 pages 203 color and 38 b/w illustrations 23 × 28 cm (9 × 11 in) 978-3-85881-779-2 English Price: sFr. 39.00 | € 38.00 £ 30.00 | $ 40.00 AVALIABLE (Europe) OCTOBER 2016 (US) Ralf Burmeister studied Art History and German Literature and has been a curator at Berlinische Galerie in Berlin since 2005. He has published widely on the topic of Dada. Michaela Oberhofer is an ethnologist and curator of African Art at Museum Rietberg Zürich. Esther Tisa Francini studied history and works as a research assistant at Museum Rietberg, where she is also in charge of provenance research. 6
Dada began on February 5, 1916, when Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, and others launched the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. Cabaret Voltaire would eventually become the stuff of legend, joined by the short-lived but no less significant Gallery Dada. Even as Dada spread throughout Europe and the world, its heart was always in Zurich. This book honors the centennial of Dada by telling for the first time the full story of its genesis and the role played by Zurich and its vibrant community of artists in its creation and flourishing. It sets the early years of Dada firmly in the city’s historical and cultural context and reveals the intellectual and social background that were crucial to the fermenting artistic ideas that culminated in Dada. It goes on to trace the explosion of Dada into a worldwide phenomenon that took in such artists and intellectuals as Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Cocteau, and Man Ray. Richly illustrated, this book will stand as the definitive account of the origins of Dada and its little-considered ties to one particular, spectacular city. Scheidegger & Spiess Art I Photography I Architecture Comprehensively documents the early years of Dada in topical essays Explores Dada’s intellectual and social background from today’s point of view Features rich rarely published material from the collections of international museums 2016 marks Dada’s centenary Dada’s big bang in Zürich 1916: the full story. Bookstore Location Art Audience Anyone interested in Dada and in modern art; academic libraries Genesis Dada 100 Years of Dada Zurich Edited by Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, and Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich Hardback, 248 pages 143 color and 23 b/w illustrations 19 × 26 cm (7.5 × 10.5 in) 978-3-85881-767-9 English Price: sFr. 39.00 | € 38.00 £ 30.00 | $ 45.00 AVAILABLE Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck in Remagen, Germany, is a museum dedicated to the work of Hans (Jean) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Apart from its eminent Arp Collection the museum is also home to the Rau Collection for UNICEF and a vast collection of international contemporary art. Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich is a cultural space dedicated to the heritage and the artistic and philosophical exploration of Dada. It is located in the very building and rooms where Dada was founded in 1916. 7
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