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The Shock of the New

The Powers That Be (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary

After the WW1 art is not indifferent to the change that the catastrophe had been. A provocative and ironic art, Dadaism was continued by militant leftist artists in Germany. In Russia, the communist revolution attracted modern artists to ...See moreAfter the WW1 art is not indifferent to the change that the catastrophe had been. A provocative and ironic art, Dadaism was continued by militant leftist artists in Germany. In Russia, the communist revolution attracted modern artists to the fight, believing that they would change society to a fairer world, but they soon saw their utopia failed. Written by tros4500 See less
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Robert Hughes (written by)
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Updated Sep 28, 1980

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Sep 28, 1980 (United Kingdom)

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Robert Hughes
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Tony Church
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Martin Jarvis
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Marcel Duchamp
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