Another Conservative Praises DADA and in the Weekly Standard

joe phelan · 02:11 PM

A few weeks ago Jed Perl one of the most conservative of art critics currenty reviewing praised the Dada show at the National Gallery. Now today I see that the cover article for the Weekly Standard is a rave review of the DADA show by Martha Bayless
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...2/137ransr.asp

Although Bayles is not an art crtic, she is something of a conservative cultural commentator. And the Weekly Standard is the leading conservative journal of opinion in America. So I wonder what is going on here. Aren't conservatives supposed to be against Dada?

mountshang · April 25th, 2006, 03:27 PM

Looks to me like a conservative who is praising (faintly) the original DADA -- but byway of slamming their redundant, established, ubiquitous, academic, contemporary progeny --- and she might have pointed out which ones (like Otto Dix) actually had a traditional art education.

April 22nd, 2006, 02:03 PM	#1
joe phelan Editor Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 55	Another Conservative Praises DADA and in the Weekly Standard A few weeks ago Jed Perl one of the most conservative of art critics currenty reviewing praised the Dada show at the National Gallery. Now today I see that the cover article for the Weekly Standard is a rave review of the DADA show by Martha Bayless http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...2/137ransr.asp Although Bayles is not an art crtic, she is something of a conservative cultural commentator. And the Weekly Standard is the leading conservative journal of opinion in America. So I wonder what is going on here. Aren't conservatives supposed to be against Dada? Last edited by joe phelan : April 22nd, 2006 at 02:11 PM.

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April 25th, 2006, 03:27 PM	#2
mountshang Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: chicago Posts: 5	Looks to me like a conservative who is praising (faintly) the original DADA -- but byway of slamming their redundant, established, ubiquitous, academic, contemporary progeny --- and she might have pointed out which ones (like Otto Dix) actually had a traditional art education.