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Summary- Visual Arts (DADA)
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- Visual Arts and Music
- Institution
- 12th Grade
An in depth summary on the DADA art movement including artists, artworks, characteristics, influences, and the history behind the movement.
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DADAInitially started by meeting together at cafes to do art exhibitions, poetry recitals,
and dramatic presentations. Was an intellectual rebellion of the world war
Characteristics
• Had no distinct style characteristics or theory
• "Dada" means rocking horse
• Meant to mock and shock
• Wanted to defy all art traditions
• Was a protest to middle class good taste and morals
• Was a revolt against logic and reason
• Rejected the conscious mind and explored the subconscious
Types of art styles
• Ready-made
○ Took already produced objects, signed them, and placed them in
a different context as art
○ Mocks art museums
○ States that anything can be art which suggests that nothing is art
• Use of junk
○ Kurt Schwitters
§ Made paintings and installations from junk
§ Believed anything can be used to make art but kept the
integrity of certain art elements like colour and shape
• Concept of chance
○ Colour, shape, and composition was selected through chance
instead of choice
○ Hans Arp
• Photomontage
○ A variation of a collage
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