{"product_id":"russian-dada-19141924-9780262536394","title":"Russian Dada 19141924","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lavishly illustrated volume that views Russian avant-garde art through the lens of Dada.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to approach Russian avant-garde art from the perspective of the anti-art canons associated with the international Dada movement. The works described and documented in \u003ci\u003eRussian Dada\u003c\/i\u003e were produced at the height of Dada's flourishing, between World War I and the death of Vladimir Lenin—who, incidentally, was a frequent visitor to Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, the founding site of Dada. Like the Dadaists, the Russian avant-gardists whose works appear in this volume strove for internationalism, fused the verbal and visual, and engaged in eccentric practices and pacifist actions, including outrageous performances and anti-war campaigns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe works featured in this lavishly illustrated volume thrive on negation, irony, and absurdity, with the goal of constructing a new aesthetic paradigm that is an alternative to both positivist and rationalist Constructivi\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524683833687,"sku":"9780262536394","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780262536394.jpg?v=1731857739","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/russian-dada-19141924-9780262536394","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}