WHAT IS DADA ?

Dada began in Switzerland in 1916. The artists who started it were against World War They wanted to rebel against the horrors of war. Their motto was "Destruction is also creation" because Dada had no rules. Dada had no values. Dada shocked people. The Dada artists liked to do absurd art. It may be one of the strangest art styles ever invented. Dadaists did not even want to be called an art movement!

HOW WAS DADA CREATED ?

The Dadaists first met at a café in Zurich. Their leader was named Tristan Tzara. He was a poet from Romania. The story goes that someone took a knife, opened a dictionary, and stabbed the page. The knife hit the word dada, so that is what they named their group. Some believe that the term Dada came from a Slavic word that meant "Yes! Yes!"

FAMOUS DADAISTS

Jean ArpPoet and Sculptor

Jean Arp / Hans Arp (16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966) was a German/French sculptor, painter, poet and a founding member of Dadaism.

Marcel DuchampAvant-Garde Artist

Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century,

Rose Sélavy

Max Ernst Painter Sculptor Graphic artist Poet

Ernst was one of the primary pioneers of the Dada movement and Surrealism.

Man RayPainter Photographer

Man Ray (August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976), born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray produced major works in a variety of media and considered himself a painter above all.

Kurt SchwittersCollage Artist

Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German painter who was born in Hanover, Germany.

Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography and what came to be known as installation art. He is most famous for his collages, called Merz Pictures.

What Is Dada?

An Art?

Philosophy?

Or State Religion?

Is DADA Real Energy?

Or It Is Nothing At All?

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