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Dada

Dada. 1916-1925 Zurich, Berlin, Paris, Cologne, New York. Dada Characteristics. Concept over execution Ready-mades Name “ Dada ” can be assigned a meaning as wished by anyone No oil on canvas (rejected!) Collage and photomontage Questioning of art itself

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Dada

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  1. Dada 1916-1925 Zurich, Berlin, Paris, Cologne, New York

  2. Dada Characteristics • Concept over execution • Ready-mades • Name “Dada” can be assigned a meaning as wished by anyone • No oil on canvas (rejected!) • Collage and photomontage • Questioning of art itself • Response to the brutality of civilization and the rejection of producing anything ‘beautiful’ to reward a cruel civilization

  3. Main Artists • Hugo Ball, German actor, opened the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, 1916 • Marchel Duchamp, French artist, took Dada to New York when he left Europe to escape the war – readymade piece The Fountain, 1917 • Kurt Schwiiters, German artist • Hannah Hoch, German artist

  4. Hugo Ball Hugo Ball reciting “Karawane” at the Cabaret Voltaire

  5. Marcel Duchamp Fountain, 1917, readymade, porcelain and enamel paint L.H.O.O.Q., 1919, assisted readymade, pencil on reproduction

  6. Schwitters & HochBerlin Dada produced visual art, as compared to literary Merzbild 5B, 1916, collage, tempura & crayon on cardboard Dada Dance, 1922, photomontage .

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