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{ art. topics PAGE 9-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1973 presented by the Philadelphia College of Art CALCULATED ZANINESS ffti The history of art is full of strange trends and peculiar fashions, but none so bizarre as the short-lived phenomenon which called itself "Dada." Dada was a movement which began around 1916 as a protest against war by a group of artists and poets living in Zurich. The mechanized brutality and senseless killings of World War I outraged thehi, and they expressed their shared sense of disillusion and despair by ridiculing conventional society and conventional art and, above all, the war. They made fun of all the traditions of culture, putting on exhibitions calculated to offend accepted social taste. Their declared purpose was to make clear to the general public that all established moral or aesthetic values had been reduced to imbecility by the terrible war. To this end, they did outlandish things to attract^ attention to their cause. The famed artist, Marcel Duchamp, would put his signature, and an intriguing title, on homely articles such as wine-racks, chamberpots, shovels, and exhibit them solemnly as works of art. Nothing was sacred: once he "improved" a reproduction of Leonardo's Mona Lisa with a mustache. Their methods were usually entertaining and amusing; they were rarely vicious or ugly in their behavior. Tristan Tsara, a poet and the first major spokesman for the group, made "accidental" poems out of random words from magazines and newspapers; he wrote "simultaneous" peoms, to be recited by several people in several different languages. The sculptor, Hans Arp, exhibited a picture he had made by tearing up scraps of paper, dropping them onto a board, and glueing them down wherever they fell. Tsara and others staged a number of noisy "manifestations" on behalf of nonsense; at one public gathering, Tsara read aloud from a newspaper while an electric bell buzzed loudly, drowning out all he had to say. At another meeting, an artist drew pictures all along a wall while a second followed behind him, painting out everything he drew. Much of what the Dadaists did was theatrical, involving performances, costumes, sound effects; but everything was unrehearsed and spontaneous, improvised, the product of chance. This was one of the most important elements of the movement. The name "Dada" was purportedly chosen by a haphazard search through a dictionary. The word is French, babytalk for "hobbyhorse." it was not a bad choice -- primitive, infantile, with an emphasis on playfulness, it perfectly suited the spirit of the fad. The Dadaists published magazines with titles like "Every Man His Qvyp Foptb^ll,", "Rose Colored Glasses," and '^Bankrupt." The editors hawked their publications, trooping through the streets with a hearse and band, wearing top hats and frock coats. Philadelphia Museum of Art photo At other times, they announced lectures on learned topics, then, when a crowd had assembled, hoping for enlightenment, the Dadaists would appear on stage and put on a foolish skit, or Sing songs, or assault the audience with a barrage of insults. At the close of the war, the Dadaist group in Zurich dispersed to their home countries, carrying with them this anarchistic fad and discovering that it evoked an emotional and sympathetic response all over Europe. Indeed, it acquired for a time a kind of radical chic and the Dadists were the darlings of the wealthy and the titled. But what did it all mean?How could artists be anti-art? How could poets be an t i -1 i t e r ar y ? T h e r e were many explanations, the least satisfying of which came from the Dadaists themselves, who seemed to enjoy the notoriety which came with mystery and paradox. Certainly they were united in tljeir opposition to war; they were also opposed to all ideologies because any ideology seemed eventually to condone war; they were against everything connected with the Establishment. Except in Berlin, where the movement committed itself to leftwing politics, the Dadaists were apolitical. Their message was clearly one of political protest, but they were not activists in the modern sense; they were artists and poets, and they expressed themselves with the tools they understood. It was not, however, a completely negative movement. It was irrational and zany, a Marx Brothers romp, but it had a liberating influence. The doctrine of formlessness, their treatment of art as a casual thing, their love of the element of n,chap,ce,, all of these helped extend the boundaries of creativity. Dada didn't last long. By 1922 it was moribund, and most of its adherents, having made their point, moved on to other pursuits. 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Fluid drainage becomes inadequate, resulting in a build-up of pressure within the eyeball that eventually crushes the eye nerve. Physicians recognize two types of glaucoma - primary and secondary. Although the underlying cause of the primary type is not known, many authorities suspect that it may be hereditary. The secondary type of glaucoma usually is the result of in­ fection, inflammation, injury, or tumors of the tiny, delicate structures of the eye. In both types, emotional stress and psychological disturbances tend to aggravate and prolong the disease process. Although anyone can suffer from glaucoma, people over 40 with heart ailments, high blood pressure, diabetes and a family history of the disease are most susceptible. Anyone should be suspect, however, if they suffer fuzzy, blurred vision that comes and goes ... poor vision in dim light ... and chronic headaches accompanied by a "feeling of pressure" on the eyes. The greatest danger with glaucoma is that the underlying disease process - increased pressure - can start doing its dirty work long before it produces any of these symp­ toms. Fortunately your physician can detect even the slightest increase in eye pressure with a delicate measuring device called a tonometer. In a tonometric examination, one end of the instrument is placed directly against the eyeball to measure any variance in pressure. A local anesthetic is applied to the eye beforehand to minimize discomfort. If an increase in eyeball pressure is noted before symptoms appear, your physician has a far better chance to save your sight. Among the weapons at his disposal to stop glaucoma are eye drops and internal medications that literally help to "unlock" the drainage system of your eyes and restore normal pressure balance. In addition, he can rely upon time- tested surgical procedures if conservative treatment fails. 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Services will be conducted there at 10 o'clock Friday, followed by interment in Memory Gardens, Arlington Heights. The Rev. Raymond L. White of the First United Methodist church will officiate at the services. RAYMOND H. RICHTER Raymond H. Richter of 920 N. River road, McHenry, died May 11 in the local hospital. He was 67 years old. Mr. Richter was born July 3, 1905, in Chicago. An electrician by trade, he moved to this community last November. He is survived by his wife, Elsie (Kleinfeldt); one daughter, Mrs. James (Elaine) Mullin of McHenry; one son, Kenneth, of DesPlaines and five grandchildren. The body rested at the George R. Justen & Son chapel, where services were conducted at 11 o'clock Monday. Burial was in Memory Gardens, Arlington Heights. MARGRET MULLVAIN Margret M. Mullvain, 43, of 1408 W. May, McHenry, was pronounced dead on arrival at McHenry hospital following an accident on Rt. 12 in which her car plunged down an em­ bankment and into the Nip- persink creek. 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