Author(s): Lucy R. Lippard

Culture and Ideas

A protest against the brutality of World War I and a rejection of traditional culture and aesthetics, the Dada movement proclaimed itself as anti-art. In the visual arts, literature, and graphic design, the Dadas shocked and scandalized audiences of the early 1900s with their expressions of disillusionment with politics and society. This select anthology reconstructs the movement's anarchic history and its harsh, vivid spirit by presenting the prose, poetry, and polemic of the artists themselves and their poet friends, this select anthology features prose, poetry, and polemics from Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Tristan Tzara, Hanna Hoch, George Grosz, Jean Cocteau.