#dadaist

[mrspacino]

Les Larmes, 1932 & Lydia et Mannequins, 1926

Man Ray (1890–1976)

[cyclesofmystery]

1926: “This girl has all of [the] trends and she’s not loath to wear them at once: bell earrings, a dog collar worn as a necklace, a large beauty spot on her cheek, an ivory cigarette holder, a design to cover the vaccination mark on her arm, heavy bracelets, an anklet, a photo of a boyfriend on her stocking, an anklet watch, fancy garters worn below the knee and a mirror fastened to her wrist.”

Waiting for wristwatch anklets to make a comeback

[stasisarts]

the meeting

watercolor and collage on paper

[wronghands1]

[areadersquotelibrary]

"Reisner identified “the hipster” as being “to the Second World War what the Dadaist was to the First. He is amoral, anarchistic, gentle, and over-civilized to the point of decadence. . . . He knows the hypocrisy of bureaucracy, the hatred implicit in religions—so what values are left for him?—except to go through life avoiding pain, keep his emotions in check, and after that ‘be cool,’ and look for kicks.”

- The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God by Peter Watson,

Discussing Robert George Reisner, author of Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker and curator-librarian of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey

[vortexstreet]

Fernande Léger, Ballet Mécanique (Mechanical Ballet), 1923–24, Film still with Kiki de Montparnasse

[victusinveritas]

From: Arcane Bullshit.

[shodwithbootsofether]

Was feeling nostalgic for my pre-covid neo-Club Kid days. I'm not sure I'll ever have the time or energy to do this again but these are great memories, and I'm really glad I took pictures.