After Dada : Marta Hegemann and the Cologne avant-garde / Dorothy C. Rowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, Dorothy C. (Dorothy Cilla), 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegemann, Marta, 1894-1970.

Hegemann, Marta.

Dadaism--Germany--Cologne.

Dadaism.

Arts, Modern--20th century.

Arts, Modern.

Art and design.

Germany--Cologne.

Physical Description:

xviii, 270 pages, 8 color plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Summary:

What happened in 1920s Cologne 'after Dada'? Whilst most standard accounts of Cologne Dada simply stop with Max Ernst's departure from the city for a new life as a surrealist in Paris, this book reveals the untold stories of the Cologne avant-garde that prospered after Dada but whose legacies have been largely forgotten or neglected. It focuses on the little-known Magical Realist painter Marta Hegemann (1894-1970). By re-inserting her into the histories of avant-garde modernism, a fuller picture of the gendered networks of artistic and cultural exchange within Weimar Germany can be revealed. This challenges orthodox interpretations of the Cologne avant-garde by demonstrating the existence of a continued active and vibrant avant-garde artistic culture in the city 'after Dada' in which women artists, critics, dealers and collectors played a major role. After Dada: Marta Hegemann and the Cologne avant-garde is an important addition to research on Weimar visual culture and will be invaluable to students and specialists in the field. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Dada and Stupid: 'Art is the legacy of those left behind' 21

2 Marta Hegemann 'between Heaven and Hell' 60

3 The lonely couple: Hegemann and Räderscheidt as Künstlerehepaar 124

4 'Dilettantes arise!': Networks of the Cologne avant-garde 176.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-257) and index.

ISBN:

9780719090073

0719090075

OCLC:

849208842