UNLOCK YOUR HEADS AT LAST! DADA AS POLITICAL ART

An international group of experts recount the history of Dada from its beginning in 1916 through to the 1930s. The volumes focus is on the movements political motives and social activity, which served to unite this heterogeneous group of visual artists, writers and figures from the theatre. Emerging from the experience of the First World War, Dada artists issued strong warnings about the rise of the Nazi dictatorship. The book vividly demonstrates how vital artistic voices can be in resisting inhumane and anti-democratic tendencies