In this thought-provoking work, Dorothee Brill examines tions of shock and the senseless in Dada and Fluxus, pairing two distinctly radical art movements that challenged the very tion and purpose of art. Laying out a genealogy of surrealisms, she addresses the senseless in artistic production as a strategy toward shock-generally considered to be characteristic of the historical avant-garde. Examining the changing correlation between the tions of shock and the senseless in their artistic use in prewar Europe and postwar America, Brill arrives at a new understanding of the overstrained and generally pejorative catch phrase of shock for shock's sake.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of New England
ISBN-10
1584659173
ISBN-13
9781584659174
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95809749
Product Key Features
Author
Dorothee Brill
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Fine Arts / Art History
Dimensions
Weight
395g
Height
229mm
Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Hanover
Spine
17mm
Content Note
36 Illus.
Author Biography
DOROTHEE BRILL obtained her Ph.D. from the University of London and now holds a position at the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin.