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The Cultural Politics of Variété and Cabaret in Futurism and Dada Performance
Journal of History of Modern Art
2016,
(40), pp.177-208
DOI : 10.17057/kahoma.2016..40.007
Publisher : 현대미술사학회
Research Area : Art History
DOI : 10.17057/kahoma.2016..40.007
Publisher : 현대미술사학회
Research Area : Art History
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This study examines futurism and dada performances as unique forms of “theater”. Futurist and Dadaist had long been paying attention to the role of variété and cabaret shows as “theatrical entertainment for the public,” and subsequently adopted those as their own medium of performance. To them, variété and cabaret of the modern era not only opened up a new space for communication between classes, but was also an effective strategy of cultural politics to fight against elite art. Futurists and Dadaists were avant-garde artists challenging pre-existing notions of art through popular culture, with each recognizing that the essence of the modern life lies in the enjoyment of preestablished entertainment. Consequently, futurism and dada performances were some of the most symbolically political art movements of the modern era to have a “popular”characteristic both in their ideas and practice. They were art forms that practiced “politics of medium” that facilitated connections between art and life, paintings and other art genres, elite and popular culture, and the bourgeois and the working class.
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