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.
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