The Artwork Caught by the Tail
Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris
$70.86
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2010
Summary
A new theory of the readymade via a new reading of Picabia and a new writing of Dada.The artist Francis Picabia-notorious dandy, bon vivant, painter, poet, filmmaker, and polemicist-has emerged as the Dadaist with postmodern appeal, and one of the most enigmatic forces behind the enigma that was Dada. In this first book in English to focus on Picabia’s work in Paris during the Dada years, art historian and critic George Baker reimagines Dada through Picabia’s eyes. Such reimagining involves a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262514866 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262514869 |
| Author: | George Baker |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 1.09kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 24mm |
| Series: | October Books |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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George Baker’s book… is the first in English dealing specifically with Picabia’s Dada work in Paris and is a serious rethinking of the readymade (the other, Picabian, one) based on a study of the artist’s singularly multifarious practice.
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George Baker
George Baker is Professor of Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an editor at October magazine and October Books. He is the editor of James Coleman (MIT Press) and a frequent contributor to Artforum.
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