CHARACTERISTIC OF DADA
(c.1916-24)
The
first major anti-art movement, Dada was a revolt against the culture and
values which - it was believed - had caused and supported the carnage of The
First World War (1914-18). It quickly developed into an anarchistic type of
highly avant-garde art whose aim was to
subvert and undermine the value system of the ruling establishment which had
allowed the war to happen, including the arts establishment which they viewed
as inextricably linked to the discredited socio-political status quo. Errupting
simultaneously in 1916, in Europe and America, its leaders were typically very .
As
an anti-art pressure-group, it resorted to outrageous tactics to attack the
established traditions of art, employing a barrage of
demonstrations and manifestos, as well as exhibitions of absurdist art
deliberately designed to scandalize and shock both the authorities and the
general public.
Ironically,
despite its nihilistic mission, Dada led to the emergence and refinement of
several important innovations in fine art, including collage and photo-montage,
and went on to influence several later modern art movements, such as Surrealism and Pop-Art, as well as contemporary art styles like Nouveau Realisme, Neo-Dada, Fluxus,
and several mid- 20th century art forms, such as Installation and Performance.
Artists
- Louis Aragon (1897–1982), France
- Jean Arp (1886–1966), Germany, France
- Hugo Ball (1886–1927), Germany, Switzerland
- André Breton (1896–1966), France
- Otto Dix (1891–1969), Germany
- Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931) Netherlands
- Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), France
- Paul Éluard (1895–1952), France
- Max Ernst (1891–1976), Germany, USA
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