GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Curvilinear teardrop forms flow into and out of one another, creating a rhythmic and elegantly fused composition. Simultaneously organic and abstract, "Star in a Dream" references reality in a minimal fashion, beckoning the viewer to form a personal interpretation of the work.
Jean Arp was a founding member of the Dada group that formed in Zurich during the First World War. Arp, along with Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara, and other Dadaists, challenged the idea of formally planned art and exalted the accidental. "Chance is also a dream," he once said. A pioneer of "automatic," or unconscious, drawing and writing, Arp continued the theme of uninhibited artistic creation throughout his life using various media.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, Label text, 2010.
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Arp_Hans: ULAN: 500031000
Cultures
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Process/materials
bronze: AAT: 300010957
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
Lost-wax process: AAT: 300053113
Historical periods
twentieth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404514
Individuals
Subject terms
abstract: AAT: 300108127
avant-garde: AAT: 300055775
biomorphic abstraction: AAT: 300069065
Dada: AAT: 300021500
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
organic (attributes and properties): AAT: 300191632
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
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PROVENANCE
1975: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts collection, gift of James H. and Lillian Clark [1]
The main source for this provenance is the Dallas Art Association Acquisition Record dated December 3, 1975, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file.
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation, and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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- arp museum~Explore the lives and work of Jean (Hans) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.
- Smithsonian Magazine~Learn more about Dada, the early 20th century avant-garde movement Arp helped to establish.
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General Description
Curvilinear teardrop forms flow into and out of one another, creating a rhythmic and elegantly fused composition. Simultaneously organic and abstract, "Star in a Dream" references reality in a minimal fashion, beckoning the viewer to form a personal interpretation of the work.
Jean Arp was a founding member of the Dada group that formed in Zurich during the First World War. Arp, along with Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara, and other Dadaists, challenged the idea of formally planned art and exalted the accidental. "Chance is also a dream," he once said. A pioneer of "automatic," or unconscious, drawing and writing, Arp continued the theme of uninhibited artistic creation throughout his life using various media.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, Label text, 2010.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- arp museum~Explore the lives and work of Jean (Hans) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.
- Smithsonian Magazine~Learn more about Dada, the early 20th century avant-garde movement Arp helped to establish.
Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Arp_Hans: ULAN: 500031000
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
bronze: AAT: 300010957
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
Lost-wax process: AAT: 300053113
Historical periods
twentieth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404514
Individuals
Subject terms
abstract: AAT: 300108127
avant-garde: AAT: 300055775
biomorphic abstraction: AAT: 300069065
Dada: AAT: 300021500
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
organic (attributes and properties): AAT: 300191632
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
RELATED OBJECTS 2010
PROVENANCE
1975: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts collection, gift of James H. and Lillian Clark [1]
The main source for this provenance is the Dallas Art Association Acquisition Record dated December 3, 1975, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file.
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation, and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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