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What is Dadaism?
The aftermath of World War I gave rise to the Dada movement, which rejected reason and logic, blaming them for the war's atrocities. Dadaists sought salvation through political anarchy, using their art to challenge conventional norms.
Dadaist Art
Dada, often described as "anti-art," rejected traditional art definitions and mocked classical conventions, exemplified by Marcel Duchamp's submission of a urinal as art. This movement marked the end of Futurism and transitioned into surrealism by 1924.
Dada Manifesto
"Dada Knows everything. Dada spits on everything. Dada has no fixed ideas. Dada does not catch flies. Dada is bitterness laughing at everything that has been accomplished, sanctified....Dada is never right... No more painters, no more writers, no more religions, no more royalists, no more anarchists, no more socialists, no more politics, no more airplanes, no more urinals...Like everything in life, Dada is useless, everything happens in a completely idiotic way...We are incapable of treating seriously any subject whatsoever, let alone this subject: ourselves.
Marcel Duchamp's famous 'Fountain' was a mockery of conventional art and characterized feelings during the Dada era.
What technique did dadaists use to convey their political ideas?
In Berlin, Dada took on an activist political edge. Dadaists pioneered a variation of the technique called collage in French : creating artistic compositions from cut pieces of paper.
Hannah Höch, Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Beer-Belly of the Weimar Republic, 1919, collage of pasted papers, 90 x 144 cm, Staatliche Museen, Berlin
