{"id":21650,"date":"2016-05-01T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=21650"},"modified":"2016-06-08T13:49:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T17:49:05","slug":"moma-to-mount-tzaras-magnum-opus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/05\/moma-to-mount-tzaras-magnum-opus.html","title":{"rendered":"MoMA to Mount Tzara’s Magnum Opus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samy Rosenstock’s idea for a great big book is getting a great big show nearly 100 years later.<\/font> <\/p>\n

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Dadaglobe Reconstructed<\/font>
(June 12\u2013September 18, 2016)
<\/p><\/div>Dadaglobe Reconstructed<\/a> reunites over 100 works created for Dadaglobe, Tristan Tzara\u2019s planned but unrealized magnum opus, originally slated for publication in 1921. An ambitious anthology that aimed to document Dada\u2019s international activities, Dadaglobe was not merely a vehicle for existing works, but served as a catalyst for the production of new ones. Tzara invited some 50 artists from 10 countries to submit artworks in four categories: photographic self-portraits, photographs of artworks, original drawings, and layouts for book pages. The exhibition brings together these photographs, drawings, photomontages, and collages, along with a selection of related archival material, to reconstruct this volume. Though never published, due to financial and organizational difficulties, Tzara\u2019s project addresses concerns about art\u2019s reproducibility that continue to be relevant today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n