Shock and the Senseless in Dada and Fluxus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781584659174)

In this thought-provoking work, Doroth e Brill examines notions of shock and the senseless in Dada and Fluxus, pairing two distinctly radical art movements that challenged the very notion 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 notions 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."

Author: Doroth馥 Brill
ISBN-10: 1584659173
ISBN-13: 9781584659174
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
Language: English
Published: 11/09/2010
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.12w x 0.66d