Published to accompany exhibitions at the Kunsthaus Zurich (5 February to 1 May 2016), and MoMA, New York (12 June to18 September 2016).
Kunsthaus Zurich is home to one of the most important art collections in Europe, including the world s largest and most significant collections of Dada artworks and documents. Since its founding in 1929, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, is one of the world s foremost museums of modern art.
"Dadaglobe Reconstructed . . . is an incredible feat of curatorship
and research. . . . The show's generously annotated catalog is the
first-ever edition of Dadaglobe, nearly a century after Tzara
proposed what he referred to as 'The Greatest Standard Work in the
World.'"
-- "Wall Street Journal" (8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM)
"A compelling display. . . . The history of Dada has been opened
out to a new story, one where Dada has been released from its
accepted position in a chain of 'movements' comprised of canonical
objects, and even from its previously accepted geographical
boundaries. Instead, Dadaglobe Reconstructed makes it far more
clearly visible as a strategy, an activity, or even a mentality,
speaking across time and place."-- "Burlington" (8/8/2016 12:00:00
AM)
"A rigorous yet sparky exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art,
which brings together the portraits, drawings and collages Tzara
commissioned for Dadaglobe, plus a few paintings and sculptures by
some of its leading adherents and sympathizers: Marcel Duchamp,
Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Constantin Brancusi. Enjoyable as the
exhibition is--the photographs, correspondence and publishing
ephemera will be catnip to Dada freaks and magazine geeks--its
catalog may be the more important accomplishment. Assiduously
edited by Sudhalter, it features a full reconstruction of this
magazine that never was, full of puns, poems and Duchamp's chess
notations, assembled with diligence and guesswork over 160 pages.
It's a substantial contribution to the history of interwar
art."
-- "New York Times" (8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM)
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