Dada in New York

"Retinal Art"

•Art that is only for the eye •Painting

The Instigator: Marcel Duchamp

•Aware of Dada in Zurich - but looking to escape Europe o Fresh/new - next great world art center •Challenged very definition of art

The Assisted Readymade

•Bicycle Wheel 1913 •Took already made objects - artist assisted them together •Not introduced to public •Insisted that all art was readymade (didn't make everything from scratch - paint) •1950s - remade the readymades - public was finally ready •Took other artwork - remade as his own

Joseph Stella

•Changing NY around him •Power lines, Brooklyn Bridge •Traditional Cubist painter

End

•Created own mini retrospect suitcases o Reproduction of previous works •Retired to play chess o Continued to be involved in art world/signed people (own readymades) •Secret project - last great work of art o Given 1. The Waterfall 2.The Illuminated Gas

The Large Glass

•Double pane windows •Imagery - cut out wire/cloth •All about sex - human connection of modern world •Top - bride stripping •Below - bachelors on glider (swinging chair) masturbating o Coffee maker - masturbation - cum goes up towards bride •Based on earlier paintings •Includes book explaining what it meant •Broke on way to buyer - said now its finished

Gender

•First artist to question ideas of gender •Created alternate ego - Rrrose Selavy ("Eros, that's life) •First type of performance art •Created art ideas as her

Father of Conceptual Art

•Focus on idea of art •So ahead of time - people don't know how to accept it •1950s - finally understand

Tu'm

•Last painting - summary of previous works •Other artists come/contribute •Questions what's real •Horizontal - wanted to fit buyer's space

Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

•Livening embodiment of NY Dada •Wore/made art of stolen goods •Accomplished poet (avant-garde) - small public magazines •First performance artist o Used body as canvas •Rejecting society/social role of women •Made letters/art out of garbage •assumed masculine attributes (yang to Duchamp) •assisted readymades - 1st junk sculpture "assemblage" o collected from street/garbage •well-known "god" - scandalous readymade

Jean Croth

•Machine aesthetic

Morton Schamberg

•Mechanical painter

Katherine Drier

•Mechanization - machine parts/abstraction •Founded group - collect Europe art/donate to Yale University o Teamed w/ Duchamp o Energize/inspire young

Influenced by Cubists

•Movement/dynamism - Nude Descending a Staircase •Too scandalous to show in Paris o Made him realize artists were stupid (only looking at surface)

Self-promotion

•NY - labeled as bad guy - in your face •Promotion based on artistic ideas

Armory Show - 1913

•Nude, Cubist, Impressionist, Europe Art •Big impact (general public wasn't aware) •Public made fun of show - couldn't understand it •Nude sold for $300!! •Loved that it was so controversial •1913-1914: tried to move from retinal art

Dada in NY (1915-1920)

•People delighted with own intelligence •Wealthy collectors

Man Ray

•Photographer •Reference body w/ machines •Readymades

Elle as chaud au cul

•Reproduction of Mona Lisa - she has a hot ass •Mona Lisa was becoming iconic symbol •Loved puns

New York

•The Fountain o Turned urinal on side - sign R. Mutt 1917 •Society of Independent Artists o Signs fake name/has friend submit it - rejected it (scandalous) •Showcased it in The Blind Man o Limited audience - edgy people •America - lame/uninteresting art - only gains in architect/plumbing •He chose it - took ordinary article of life - created a new thought

The Readymade

•Took any object - called it art •The Bottle Rack o First full readymade o Altered it by hanging it •Renames objects to exhibit them as art •Ephemeral art - how it alters space

Francis Picabia

•With Duchamp •Fascination of sex - we all become like machines •Conservatism in America - mock it •Internal aspects of machines

Duchamp

•fixated - stalked •possibly idea behind the Fountain •portraits of Duchamp

Shaving the Baroness

•w/ Duchamp/Man Ray •woman typically portrayed w/ no pubic hair (stripped to innocence) •conforming to society but in a way nobody wants to see