Michael White

Hans Richter

Hans Richter's Dada: Art and Anti-Art was a landmark publication. First published in English in 1965, it completely changed the interpretation of Dada from a literary phenomenon to an artistic one. Ever since, it has been the first port of call for anyone interested in the subject. As a member of the first Dada group in Zurich during the First World War, Richter was in a unique position to tell its history, and his book drew together not only important historical documents but the testimonies of friends, such as Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst and Raoul Hausmann. The compelling nature of his narrative has continued to inspire artists and historians. To celebrate one hundred years of Dada, Thames & Hudson is reissuing this unique document exactly as it first appeared in an expanded centenary edition. This edition features a new introduction telling the story of how the book came about and an extended commentary that identifies Richter's sources and brings the study up to date for a new generation of readers.

Art and Anti-Art

Dada

literaturhistorische Aufsätze und Studien

Zwischen Böhmen und Utopia

In English for the first time, the pioneering Dadaist's insights and remembrances of a lifetime working side-by-side with the leading modern artists of the twentieth century. In contrast to the image of the lone artist creating in isolation, Richter's long and prolific career was fueled by his encounters with others. With appearances by Caler, Cocteau, Duchamp, Eisenstein, Fellini, Hoch, Kaprow, Malevich, Mondrian, Man Ray, and Tzara (to name just a few), Encounters from Dada till Today documents the collaborative aspirations of a generation of modern artists, as well as testifies to a lifetime of friendships forged in creativity.

Encounters from Dada Till Today

Reclams Einzelinterpretationen erschließen wichtige Werke der deutschen Literatur. Sie sind von Fachwissenschaftlern verfasst und eignen sich zur Vorbereitung von Referaten und Hausarbeiten. Sie enthalten eine Werkinterpretation und Literaturhinweise zur weiterführenden Lektüre. Umfang: 18 S. (6 S. Interpretation, 12 S. Literaturhinweise und Anm.)

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