DADA

Question 1

What is DADA?

Answer 1

Anti-art (against conformity) and was a cultural movement reacting against WW1. Intended to offend general public. Birth of surrealism, influencing punk rock

Question 2

Key idea #1:

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Answer 2

Artists expressed horrors of WW1 indirectly by illustrating how absurd the world had become

Question 3

Name and describe 2 art pieces that match key idea #1:

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Answer 3

Collage: Max Ernst- a copperplate (various colours, lots of supplies, science lab setting) “idea that these scientists are not human because they invented chlorine gas to kill”

Photomontage: Hanna Hock- cut with a kitchen knife (older looking items, brown colours, words dada and anti written) “violence in every household”

Question 4

Key idea #2:

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Answer 4

Artists blamed rich and materialistic middle class for horrors in society

Question 5

Name and describe an art piece that matches key idea #2:

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Answer 5

Assemblage: Elsa VFL- Limbswish (metal rod surround nice tassel) “something beautiful with an ugly support system, like society”

Question 6

Key idea #3:

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Answer 6

Artist believed art world was connected to money and power and needed to be dismantled. Wanted to challenge the tradition of what is beautiful, valuable and correct

Question 7

Name and describe an art piece that matches key idea #3:

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Answer 7

Readymades: Marcel DuChamp- Fountain (Urinal)

“Don’t be fooled by looks”