DadaismEnglish 126

Michael ReveronProfessor Evelyn Lugo Morales

What is Dadaism?

Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works.

Its purpose was to ridicule what its participants considered to be the meaninglessness of the modern world. In addition to being anti-war, dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature.

What is Dadaism?

Dada activities included public gatherings, demonstrations, and publication of art/literary journals; passionate coverage of art, politics, and culture were topics often discussed in a variety of media. The movement influenced later styles like the avant-garde and downtown music movements, and groups including surrealism, Nouveau réalisme, pop art, Fluxus and punk rock.

Influential People in Dada

Alfred Stieglitz (American photographer)

Hugo Ball (German writer/poet) Clément Pansaers (Belgian poet) Francis Picabia (French artist) Marcel Duchamp (French artist) Paul van Ostaijen (Flemish writer) Max Ernst (German artist) Theo van Doesburg (Dutch artist)

Dadaism in Visual Arts

Marcel Duchamp Kurt Tucholsky

Dadaism in Arts

Dadaism in Arts

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