No sooner had the first Dandy entered the scene at the beginning of the nineteenth century than he was declared dead. This enigmatic yet immediately iconic figure would remake an entrance again and again in the decades that followed. Like an elegant harbinger, Dandys arrive in times of crisis when s...

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Hauptverfasser:	Dany, Hans-Christian 1966- (VerfasserIn), Knoll, Valérie 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Bern Kunsthalle Bern [2023] London Sternberg Press
Schlagworte:	Anthropologie Dandy Dandies / Exhibitions Dandyism / Exhibitions Dandys - Expositions Dandysme - Expositions
Zusammenfassung:	No sooner had the first Dandy entered the scene at the beginning of the nineteenth century than he was declared dead. This enigmatic yet immediately iconic figure would remake an entrance again and again in the decades that followed. Like an elegant harbinger, Dandys arrive in times of crisis when societies are undergoing transformation. Like the hands of a clock, their silhouettes become messengers of change. But they are contours of change that carry no message. While everything is already in flames, they debate the shape of their shoes and sip oysters to combat their depression. For a long time, literature was their playing field. Marcel Duchamp transferred their attitude into the realm art. It is there that Dandyism has to this day run rampant--but as if it were an embarrassing illness to which almost no one wants to admit, yet with which many people are itching to at least flirt. This essay traces out the masked ball of the Dandy and his manner of playing with its rules up to the present day and produces a unique narrative from it: one that offers a view into the future Der Dandy maßt sich keine Lösungen an, erklärt auch nichts für falsch, da er gar nichts erklärt. Er spielt einfach anders. Der Essay folgt den Spuren dieses Maskenballs zwischen Darstellungen des gelebten Lebens, literarischen Vorzeichnungen und Vorstellungen in der bildenden Kunst bis in die Gegenwart
Beschreibung:	Impressum: The book is published as a sequel to the exhibition "No Dandy, No Fun" (curated by Hans-Christian Dany and Valérie Knoll), which was shown at the Kunsthalle Bern from October 17, 2020 to February 14, 2021 Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:	232 Seiten Illustrationen 18 cm
ISBN:	9783956795619 395679561X