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Bay Area Dadaists, aka B.A.D. (ca. 1970–1985)
Mail art to Lucy Lippard, ca. 1975
The Bay Area Dadaists (aka Bay Area Daddaists or B.A.D.) was an artist collective active in San Francisco active from around 1970 to 1985. They produced mail art, zines, photos, events, and performances in the spirit of the Dadaists and Futurists in the early twentieth century, as well as the West Coast neo-Dadaists of the 1950s and 1960s. With works that were inexpensively produced, quickly made, and easily shared, they gained a fast following. As evident from the postcards on view, the group had dozens of members. Particularly prominent participants -- such as Bill Gaglione, Anna Banana, Tim Mancusi, Monte Cazazza, and Irene Dogmatic -- often produced zines. The zines documented, publicized, and extended the group's performances and mail art activities. And along with the mail art, which was often reproduced in their pages, the zines created a sense of local cohesion while expanding the Dadaists' reach beyond the Bay Area.
-- Mary Savig |