Tag Archives: Hans Richter

fantastic realism

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dave

She represented the opposite of the one dimensional society that was being constructed around her. Contrary to the nazi idea of purity, the well-managed in-bred society in the quest for the authentic human being and with the help of eugenics, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged George Grosz, Hannah Hoch, Hans Richter, John Heartfield, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Raoul Hausmann | Leave a comment

when the grim reaper won’t leave

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dave

A bit problematic to be German. Still. The long arc of history is easily within an arm’s reach of the old Germany, tortured, and with a romantic sensibility of subject confronted with a bleak Germanism that marked the new realism. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Adrian Searle, albert speer, alexander mitscherlich, anselm kiefer, Antonin Artaud, D.W. Winnicott, diane thodos, georg baselitz, Hans Richter, lynn h. nicholas, Simon Schama, Theodor Adorno | Leave a comment

women and television : its raining men at the zoo

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Dave

If something is not spiritual, then its opposite can be seen as nihilistic. There is a good possibility at that television and mass market entertainment is for the most part, rooted in Dadaist thought. The ready-made, the generic; the abolition … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged alyssa rosenberg, Andre Breton, Andy Warhol, Clement Greenberg, curtis sittenfield, Donald Kuspit, f.t. marinetti, Filippo Marinetti, Francis Picabia, Gail Dines, Gloria Steinem, Hans Richter, Hugo Ball, Marcel Duchamp, Matt Zoller Seitz, Max Horkheimer, rebellious pixels, Richard Huelsenbeck, Thorstein Veblen, tina fey, Tristan Tzara | Leave a comment

cabaret voltaire: an arcade project

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Dave

Dada as just another shop, another boutique in the arcade? Dada put into question the myths surrounding originality, and the relationship of the artist to the category of “genius”. Dada suggested instead, or implied that everyone could be an artist, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Andy Warhol, cubism and dada, Donald Kuspit, emily hennings, Ernst Bloch, Francis Picabia, futurism and dada, George Grosz, Guy Debord, Hans Richter, Hugo Ball, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, miles w. mathis, Raoul Hausmann, Richard Huelsenbeck, situationism, Tristan Tzara, Voltaire, Walter Benjamin, walter benjamin dada | Leave a comment

SWEET DREAMS & FLYING MACHINES

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Dave

Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus You’ve got to help me make a stand You’ve just got to see me through another day My body’s aching and my time is at hand And I won’t make it any other … Continue reading →