Dada and surrealism : a very short introduction

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Label

Dada and surrealism : a very short introduction

Title remainder

a very short introduction

Statement of responsibility

David Hopkins

Creator

• Hopkins, David, 1955-

Subject

• Arts, Modern -- 20th century
• Dadaism
• Surrealism

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Very short introductions, 105

Cataloging source

UKM

Dewey number

709.0406

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

• NX456.5.D3
• N6494.D3

LC item number

• H66 2004
• H67 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Very short introductions

Series volume

105