Irrational Modernism
Subtitle: A Neurasthenic History of New York Dada
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: April 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780262101028
Subjects: Surrealism & Dada; Art; Art & Art Instruction; American - General; History - Contemporary (1945- ); Art / History / General; Reference; 20th century; Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Dadaism; Gender identity in art; History; New York; New York (State)
Description: "In Irrational Modernism, Amelia Jones gives us a history of New York Dada reinterpreted in relation to the life and works of Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. Jones enlarges our conception of New York Dada beyond the male avant-garde heroics of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, and Francis Picabia to include the rebellious body of the Baroness. If they practiced Dada, she lived it, with her unorthodox personal life, wild assemblage objects, radical poetry and prose, and the flamboyant self-displays by which she became her own work of art. Through this reinterpretation, Jones not only provides a revisionist history of an art movement but also suggests a new method of art history."--Jacket.