The Blind Man
The Blind Man was a Dadamagazin, which was published under this title in 1917 in New York in two editions in April and May of this year. Editors were Marcel Duchamp, Henri -Pierre Roché and Beatrice Wood. More Releases the New York Dada movement were in July 1917 Rongwrong and New York Dada in April 1921.
The Blind Man I and II
The French artist Marcel Duchamp had moved in 1915 to New York. In 1916 he founded his sponsored the Society of Independent Artists, the jury -free exhibitions with other artists. She inspired Duchamp to, along with Henri -Pierre Roché and Beatrice Wood the Dadaist publication The Blind Man surrendered in the following year, the authors invited to to write about any topic.
The first eight-page edition was published on April 10, 1917 the opening of the first exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists contributed by the British writer Mina Loy and an editorial comment by Roché. Since Duchamp and Roché were not U.S. citizens, Beatrice Wood took over against the will of her father, who did not agree with the content of the magazine, the responsibility for the sheet. It was not ready for public sale, but was offered art galleries.
The second issue of The Blind Man with Duchamp Schokoladenzerreiber on the cover came out in May and had as its main theme the rejection of Duchamp's readymade Fountain by the Board of the Society of Independent Artists. Fountain was a urinal that Duchamp purchased, with " R. Mutt " had signed and filed anonymously as a sculpture. The output shows Fountain as a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz on page 4 and on the opposite side an unsigned editorial, " The Richard Mutt Case ," in which the rejection was discussed. The text probably comes from Duchamp himself, although Beatrice Wood in her autobiography, claimed the honor for themselves. Further contributions were as authors Walter Arensberg, Mina Loy, Francis Picabia, Joseph Stella and Gabrielle Buffet - Picabia.
Although the New York art world The Blind Man had taken careful note of it was discontinued after the second edition. The reason for this was a bet between Roché and Francis Picabia, the Dada gereichte honor. Winning a chess match between the two should provide for deciding which publications should be set: The Blind Man or Picabia's magazine 391, founded in early 1917 in Barcelona. Picabia won the match, and therefore the release of The Blind Man ended. 391 appeared by the year 1924.
Other Publications in New York
A third publication with the same publishers still followed in July 1917, she was entitled Rongwrong - a misprint, it was originally supposed to be " Wrong Wrong", but was accepted - and contained, among other posts by Duchamp and Carl van Vechten and documentation on the crucial Chess by Picabia and Roché.
The four-page publication New York Dada, edited by Duchamp and Man Ray in April 1921 in an edition, led as only one of its publications the name " Dada " in the title. To be allowed to use the term, the editors Tristan Tzara had asked for the license key for this. Tzara replied: " Dada belongs to everybody. Like the idea of God or a toothbrush. " The issue contained a title page a photo of Man Ray of Duchamp dressed as a woman with a fur collar and cloche hat with the name Rrose Sélavy that in ready -made Belle Haleine - was a Parfumflacon, integrated - Eau de Voilette ( Schleierwasserfall Beautiful breath). This was followed by Tzara's text as a letter and a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz and a long poem by Elsa von Freytag- Loringhoven, accompanied by two photos of her naked upper body. The pressure was not sold but distributed to friends - with the hope to promote interest in Dada. Since this did not happen, Dada was completed in New York and represented only for a short time in Paris.