Date/Time
Jan 27, 2018 - Jun 10, 2018
All Day

Location
IMU Visual Classroom, Iowa Memorial Union, third floor

Dada began in Zurich in the midst of the First World War and its hold on the international public imagination grew as rumors of its provocative activities spread. Its initial members disrupted the normal business of art exhibition, production, and even criticism with their performances, shows, and publications. Against the idea that the solemn contemplation of art might elevate our sensibilities and offer an escape from the pressures of our everyday, they worked on what is often considered our basest instincts by inducing revulsion, inappropriate laughter, desire, or even boredom in order to force us to confront the challenges of our present all the more fully. These ideas gained traction in numerous artistic enterprises, most notably Fluxus, but continue to hold sway to this day, their ideas and artifacts circulating in the form of facsimile editions, and now digital reproductions.

Marcel Duchamp (French 1887–1968)
Boîte-en-valise (Box in a Valise), 1941/1966
Replicas and reproductions of 80 works encased in red leather box, Variable measurements
Museum purchase with funds from Philip D. Adler Fund, 2001.79a-aa, © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2018