Puppets and the Avantgarde Brand / Girringun Art Centre the Museum of Contemporary Art

the Museum of Contemporary Art

Matthew Newkirk and Madelaine Buttini104 pages

re-emerging early in the twentieth century

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In the words of Dick Dastardly

Puppets and the Avantgarde Brand / Girringun Art Centre the Museum of Contemporary ArtWhen a puppet breaks the "fourth wall" that is, the capacity for emotional involvement of a successful performance it wins the trust of the audience, giving the show the power to blur the division between stage and world, between art and life. This volume and the accompanying exhibition open up a space for the imagination by tracing the cultural and social role of puppets in the European avant garde at the beginning of the 20th century. An itinerary