Dada

Description

Eminent scholar Rudolf Kuenzli presents a rich selection of the Dadas’ experimental visual and literary works to give a lively, accessible and comprehensive assessment.

Rudolf Kuenzli is Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of Iowa. He is also Director of the International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa.

His previous publications include Dada Artifacts (Iowa Museum of Art, 1978), and contributions to Artforum, Muttersprache and Diacrtitics; Kuenzli has also edited Dada Spectrum: The Dialectics of Revolt (with Stephen Foster, Coda, 1979), New York Dada (Willis Locker & Owens, 1986), Marcel Duchamp: Artist of the Century (with Francis Naumann, MIT Press, 1988), André Breton Today (Willis Locker & Owens, 1989), Surrealism and Women (MIT Press, 1991) and Dada and Surrealist Film (MIT Press, 1996).

Kuenzli is co-editor, with Mary Ann Caws (author of Phaidon’s Surrealism, also in the Themes and Movements series) of the journal Dada/Surrealism.

“Traces the progression and development of one of the most revolutionary movements of the 20th century, and what is unusual – if not unique – in a book on this subject, it seeks to show how Dada has influenced contemporary artists and art theory… A comprehensive study.”—The Art Newspaper

“Lavishly oversized and impressively illustrated, DADA, will probably serve as the definitive study of the movement for some time now.”—ARTimes

“Phaidon and Kuenzli offer a rich foundation with which to dive deeper into a study of not only dada practices and art but also to European art movements of the 20th century. Big illustrations, rich explanatory notes and references make this another must-have from Phaidon press.”—Slug

“This latest edition to Phaidon’s Themes and Movements series follows hot on the heels of the 2005 exhibition catalog and succeeds in adding depth to the existing survey literature.”— Library Journal

“Phaidon’s Themes and Movements series seeks to provide the late 20th-century art history books of the future.”—Art Monthly