Baroness Elsa Gender, Dada, and Everyday Modernity A Cultural Biography

"Irene Gammel's Baroness Elsa mounts an enthusiastic case....BARONESS ELSA provokes (but doesn't answer) some crucial questions about the nature of authorship and modern art. How much should we credit the proto-gesture, the intention, when modern art is all about the framing and the discourse surrounding the art? There's real pathos in Gammel's attempts to trace Elsa's influence on the avant-garde. She declares that Elsa was braver than more celebrated Dadaists because she transferred her performances from the stage to everyday life."Gammel, Irene is the author of 'Baroness Elsa Gender, Dada, and Everyday Modernity A Cultural Biography' with ISBN 9780262072311 and ISBN 0262072319.