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Title

Into the night : cabarets and clubs in modern art / edited by Florence Ostende with Lotte Johnson.

Publication

• Munich, Germany : Prestel ; London, England : Barbican Art Gallery, 2019.
• Passau, Germany : Passavia
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

• Ostende, Florence
• Johnson, Lotte
• Cate, Phillip Dennis
• Klee, Alexander
• Cottrell, Jo
• Meyer, Raimund, 1954-
• Milner, John, 1946-
• Benzi, Fabio
• Klich, Lynda
• Wieczorek, Marek
• Smith, Camilla
• Kirschke, Amy Helene
• Okeke-Agulu, Chika
• Mohrebi, Sohrab
• Barbican Art Gallery, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
• Prestel Verlag, publisher.
• Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, host institution.

Description

343 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), portaits, facsimiles; 32 cm

Summary

• "Ranging from the 1880s to the 1960s, this richly illustrated history of cafés, cabarets and clubs in modern art includes both famed and little-known sites of the avant-garde. Organised by city, 'Into the Night' presents an exhilarating journey into a selection of social spaces across the world, from New York to Tehran, Paris, Mexico City, London, Berlin, Vienna, Ibadan and beyond. Bringing together painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, performance, film and archival material, this publication highlights the work of artists, performers, designers, musicians and writers such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Loïe Fuller, Josef Hoffmann, Wyndham Lewis and Giacomo Balla, as well as Ramón Alva de la Canal, Theo van Doesburg, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Jeanne Mammen, Anita Berber, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Colette Omogbai, Twins Seven-Seven and Parviz Tanavoli. Fourteen newly commissioned essays, accompanied by numerous artworks and rarely seen ephemera, explore how these unique spaces fostered a spririt of experimentation and collaboration, sparking new forms of artistic expression."
• This book explores the role of cabarets, clubs, and cafés in modern art. These creative spaces were incubators of radical thinking, in which artists could exchange provocative ideas. They were welcoming environments for artists, dancers, designers, writers, and musicians pushing the boundaries of cultural and social norms. Spanning the decades from the 1880s to the 1960s, this unique and multi-faceted illustrated history of alternative artistic spaces covers four continents and includes both famed and little-known sites of the avant-garde. Organized by city, it features painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, film, and archival material emanating from over a dozen cabarets, clubs, and bars that were home to the likes of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Loie Fuller, Josef Hoffmann, Giacomo Balla, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Theo Van Doesburg, Jeanne Mammen, Jacob Lawrence, Ramon Alva de la Canal, and Ibrahim El-Salahi. It includes photographs of the interiors of the Chat Noir in Paris, the Cafe L'Aubette in Strasbourg and the Mbari Club in Nigeria; a cocktail menu from the Cabaret Fledermaus in Vienna; a 1930s night club map of Harlem; posters and invitations advertising performances at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich and Mexico City's Cafe de Nadie; and countless artworks that emerged from these spaces conveying the energy and excitement of the time. A series of enlightening essays explore how each space fostered and stimulated new forms of artistic expression. Exhibition: Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK (04.10.2019-19.01.2020) / Belvedere, Vienna, Austria (14.02.-01.06.2020).

Alternative Title

Cabarets and clubs in modern art

Subjects

• Art, Modern
• Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
• Nightclubs
• Art
• Art, Modern > 20th century > History
• Essays
• Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > Pictorial works
• Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > History
• Nightclubs > Pictorial works
• Exhibition catalogs
• Pictorial works
• 1900-1999
• Illustrated works
• Nightlife in art > Exhibitions
• History

Genre/Form

• Illustrated works.
• Essays.
• Art.
• Exhibition catalogs.
• History.
• Pictorial works.

Note

• Cover title.
• Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, 4 October 2019 - 19 January 2020; and Belvedere, Vienna, 14 February - 1 June 2020.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Text in English, with translations from the German.

Contents

Directors' Foreword / Jane Alison and Stella Rollig -- Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art, an Introduction / Florence Ostrende -- Paris: The Chat Noir and Loïe Fuller, 1880s-90s -- Introduction -- The Birth of the 'Cabaret Artistique': New Technology and Modern Aesthetics / Phillip Dennis Cate -- Plates -- Vienna: Cabaret Fledermaus, 1907-13 -- Introduction -- A Collective Gesamtkunstwerk in Vienna / Alexander Klee -- Plates -- London: Cave of the Golden Calf, 1912-14 -- Introduction -- Bohemia in London: Frida Strindberg's Cabaret Theatre Club / Jo Cottrell -- Plates -- Zurich: Cabaret Voltaire, 1916 -- Introduction -- Embracing the Absurd: Cabaret Voltaire / Raimund Meyer -- Plates -- Moscow: Café Pittoresque, 1918 -- Introduction -- The Café Pittoresque: Kinetic Colour in Revolutionary Russia / John Milner -- Plates -- Rome: Bal Tic Tac and Cabaret del Diavolo, 1921 and 1922 -- Introduction -- Performing Futurism: Colour, Music and Dance in a New Universe / Fabio Benzi -- Plates -- Mexico City: Café de Nadie and the Carpa Amaro, 1920s -- Introduction -- El Café: Revolution and Renewal in 1920s Mexico / Lynda Klich -- Plates -- Strasbourg: L'Aubette, 1928 -- Introduction -- L'Aubette as a Multimedia Spectacle of Colour and Movement / Marek Wieczorek -- Plates -- Berlin: Weimar Clubs and Cabarets, 1920s-30s -- Introduction -- 'Jeder einmal in Berlin!': Modern Art, Mass Culture and Nightlife in Weimar Germany / Camilla Smith -- Plates -- Harlem: Nightclubs, Jazz Clubs and Cabarets, 1920s-40s -- Introduction -- 'Harlem at its Best': The Cabaret Culture of Harlem / Amy Helene Kirschke -- Plates -- Ibadan and Osogbo: The Mbari Clubs, 1961-66 -- Introduction -- Mbari Club, Ibadan, and Mbari Mbayo, Osogbo / Chika Okeke-Agulu -- Plates -- Tehran: Rasht 29, 1966-69 -- Introduction -- Rasht 29 Revisited / Shorab Mohebbi -- Plates -- 'The Walls Seem to Dance': Mapping the Connections between Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art / Lotte Johnson -- List of Exhibited Works -- Notes -- Index -- Author Biographies -- Acknowledgements -- Image Credits.

Call Number

Sc+ G 19-61

ISBN

• 379135888X
• 9783791358888
• 9783791369372
• 3791369377
• 9783791358871
• 3791358871
• 9783791369365
• 3791369369

OCLC

1081354520

Title

Into the night : cabarets and clubs in modern art / edited by Florence Ostende with Lotte Johnson.

Publisher

Munich, Germany : Prestel ; London, England : Barbican Art Gallery, 2019.

Manufacturer

Passau, Germany : Passavia

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Event

"Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art" : October 4, 2019-January 19, 2020, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom.

"Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art" : February 14-June 1, 2020, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria.

Language

Text in English, with translations from the German.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Place of Publication

Germany Bavaria Munich.

United Kingdom England London.

Added Author

Ostende, Florence, editor, curator, author.

Johnson, Lotte, editor, author.

Cate, Phillip Dennis, author.

Klee, Alexander, author.

Cottrell, Jo, author.

Meyer, Raimund, 1954- author.

Milner, John, 1946- author.

Benzi, Fabio, author.

Klich, Lynda, author.

Wieczorek, Marek, author.

Smith, Camilla, author.

Kirschke, Amy Helene, author.

Okeke-Agulu, Chika, author.

Mohrebi, Sohrab, author.

Barbican Art Gallery, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.

Prestel Verlag, publisher.

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc+ G 19-61

JQG 20-403