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The Humour of Art


  • Skira (T&H)
  • Expo: 15/09/2021 - 16/01/2022. French-Dutch with English leaflet, ING Art Center, Brussels
  • by Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov
From the caricatures of Honoré Daumier, to the ready-mades of Marcel Duchamp, the puns of the Dadas, the videos of Dalí, to the works of John Baldessari and Marcel Broodthaers, humour has been a powerful tool in art, especially to be critical of itself. This catalogue will explore the humour of art through its different variations: toys and games, hoaxes, puns, jesters...

ISBN 9782370741516 | FR-NL | PB
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Publisher Skira (T&H)
ISBN 9782370741516
Author(s) Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov
Publication date November 2021
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 310 x 230 mm
Pages 208
Language(s) Fr/ NL ed.
Exhibition ING Art Center, Brussels
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From the caricatures of Honoré Daumier, to the ready-mades of Marcel Duchamp, the puns of the Dadas, the videos of Dalí, to the works of John Baldessari and Marcel Broodthaers, humour has been a powerful tool in art, especially to be critical of itself. This catalogue will explore the humour of art through its different variations: toys and games, hoaxes, puns, jesters... A humorous essay by curator Nicolas Liucci- Gutnikov introduces the subject. An anthology of philosophical and historical texts puts humour as a tool of criticism in context, from Pascal, Montaigne, to Baudelaire and Nietzsche... Finally, some humorous quotes Dada and surrealist artists and writers punctuate the book.