Neo-Dada
Subtitle: redefining art, 1958-1960
By: Susan Hapgood ; with essays by Maurice Berger and Jill Johnston.
Contributors: Berger, Maurice, 1956-; Johnston, Jill.; Scottsdale Center for the Arts.
Publisher: American Federation of Arts in association with Universe Pub.; Universe Pub
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.; Dadaism -- Influence -- Exhibitions.
Description: The ironic wit, the challenging images, and the experimental methods of the renegade artists of the late 1950s and early 1960s are closely examined, offering a fresh view of the many manifestations of the art that was once considered a movement. The works of the original Dadaists, Marcel Duchamp and Kurt Schwitters, are introduced as the main influences on the younger artists' own readymades, found objects, detritus, environmental, and performance pieces.

The diverse works of Arman, Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rauschenberg, Jean Tinguely, among others, are discussed, linking the previously unconnected movements of Pop Art, Fluxus, and Nouveau Realisme in the first catalogue to focus on this powerful and provocative phenomenon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-150) and index.
Catalog of a traveling exhibition first held at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Ariz., Nov. 4, 1994-Jan. 1, 1995 and at other museums through Dec. 3, 1995.