Sachgebiete

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L; 202 S.; Abb.; 8°. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.

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Gutes Ex.; Umschl. stw. ausgeblichen. - Englisch. // INHALT : The New Man-Armed with the Weapons of Doubt and Defiance: Introduction by Hans J. Kleinschmidt -- The Dada Drummer Psychoanalytical Notes -- Jean Arp on Modern Art -- Tristan Tzara On Inspiration -- Hans Richter About My Poetry -- A Knight in Connecticut New York -- Marcel Duchamp Modern Art and Totalitarian -- George Grosz Regimes -- August Stramm The Agony of the Artist -- Joaquin Torres-Garcia A Few of the Artist's Problems -- Jean Tinguely On Leaving America for Good -- Postscript to Dada -- The Case of Dada Plates -- Dada Bibliography -- Dada and Existentialism. // "... We killed a quarter of a century, we killed several centuries for the sake of what is to come. You can call it what you like: surgery, kleptomania, calligraphy; for all we can say is: We are, we have worked some-revolution, reaction, extra! extra! we are-we are-Dada first and foremost-first and foremost a word, whose fantasticness is incomprehensible." - HUELSENBECK. / Along with Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco, and Hans Arp, Richard Huelsenbeck was a founder of the original Dada movement in Zurich, where he joined together with the others in an impassioned quest for a new reality in social and political as well as artistic and intellectual directions. Their pursuits had an impact all over the world that still continues today, both in the visual arts and in literature. There has always been controversy overthe origins of Dada-the name, the individuals involved, the purpose of the movement, and its artistic and political implications. Many histories and studies of Dada have been written, but Huelsenbeck, who died in April 1974, was perhaps its most enthusiastic spokesman. As Hans J. Kleinschmidt writes in his Introduction, "The man who was the courier of dada, the man who brought it to Berlin [in 1918] and said that 'by giving the word dada to the movement, I gave it its revolutionary impetus,' is today Dada's chronicler." Even during his long career as a practicing psychoanalyst in New York Huelsenbeck continued to write poetry as well as essays on Dada and contemporary art, and to paint-surprising, considering that he is remembered by many as one who wanted to destroy art. In the lively autobiographical section in this volume and in the shorter essays on Dada philosophy, Dada personalities, and younger artists imbued with the Dada spirit, Huelsenbeck's lifelong commitment to Dada and its importance in expressing the doubts and confusions of the age is both moving and profound. Illustrated with woodcuts and drawings by George Grosz and Hans Arp, Memoirs of a Dada Drummer also includes a sixteen-page section of rare photographs. (Verlagstext) ISBN 067046791X