Global Art • 1958 • I
The term 'Neo-Dada' appears in an Art News article in reference to Jasper Johns' Target with Four Faces (1955). The work of John Chamberlain are the first to be discussed as Neo-Dadaist. Applied predominantly by art critics and often rejected by the artists it was applied to, the term serves various ends over the next several years. Regardless of its capacity to gather a range of individualistic artistic intent under a unifying, collective banner, the repeated appearance of the terms marks an undeniable resurgence of interest in the Dada movement.
An entry from the timeline included in the exhibition Dada South? Experimentation, Radicalism and Resistance (2009–2010) at the Iziko National Gallery, which proposed connections between art production in South Africa and abroad against the social and political contexts that framed them. A revised version of this timeline was later featured in the retroactive Flight Paths (2011) exhibition guide commissioned by Clare Butcher.