{"product_id":"no-dandy-no-fun-looking-good-as-things-fall-apart-paperback","title":"No Dandy, No Fun: Looking Good as Things Fall Apart - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHans-Christian Dany\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eValerie Knoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eValerie Knoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cultural examination of the enigmatically iconic figure of the Dandy, both in history and as a figure for the future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo sooner had the first Dandy entered the scene at the beginning of the nineteenth century than he was declared dead. This enigmatic yet immediately iconic figure would remake an entrance again and again in the decades that followed. Like an elegant harbinger, Dandys arrive in times of crisis when societies are undergoing transformation. Like the hands of a clock, their silhouettes become messengers of change. But they are contours of change that carry no message. While everything is already in flames, they debate the shape of their shoes and sip oysters to combat their depression. For a long time, literature was their playing field. Marcel Duchamp transferred their attitude into the realm art. It is there that Dandyism has to this day run rampant--but as if it were an embarrassing illness to which almost no one wants to admit, yet with which many people are itching to at least flirt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis essay traces out the masked ball of the Dandy and his manner of playing with its rules up to the present day and produces a unique narrative from it: one that offers a view into the future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eHans-Christian Dany lives in Hamburg. He has published books on Amphetamines, bomber jackets, and cybernetics.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eVal駻ie Knoll is the Director of Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHannes Loichinger is a lecturer at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and coeditor of the publication series of the Kunsthalle Bern.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155757043847,"sku":"9783956795619","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b4913d4630a42dde39cd67f5ef5024df.webp?v=1733238547","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/no-dandy-no-fun-looking-good-as-things-fall-apart-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}