Raoul Hausmann Livres

Raoul Hausmann is emembered primarily for the central role he played in Berlin Dada with his assemblages, photomontages, and optophonetic poems, yet the vicissitudes of history caused his photography, an essential facet of his oeuvre, to be cast almost entirely into the shade. From 1927 on, Hausmann became an avid and restless photographer in Germany, in particular during his stays at the North Sea and Baltic coasts. While in exile in Ibiza after the Nazis came to power, he took an interest in the local populace and vernacular architecture, before emigrating again in 1936. During this intense decade, he reflected extensively on photography, developing a highly individual practice in the medium, simultaneously documentary and lyrical. This book reveals Hausmann’s interwar photographic work in its entirety, and presents a detailed time line of his life.

Raoul Hausmann (1886-1972) war eine zentrale Figur der Berliner Dada-Bewegung in den 20er Jahren und prägte diese gemeinsam mit Richard Huelsenbeck, Franz Jung und anderen. Er war vielseitig tätig als Fotomonteur, Satiriker, Maler, Architekt, Tänzer, Wissenschaftler, Modeentwerfer sowie Lautdichter und Schriftsteller.

Neubearbeitete Ausgabe mit einem Nachwort von Karl Riha, 61 Seiten.