What's Dada

Overview

Dada is a movement in art and literature that flourished mainly in Switzerland, Germany, and France in the early twentieth century, immediately after the World War I, which was characterized by ‘deliberate irrationality, anarchy, and cynicism and the rejection of laws of beauty and social organization.’

http://www.peak.org/~dadaist/English/Graphics/index.html

Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1919

Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917

The movement became later associated with later styles, movements and groups including Surrealism , Pop Art and Fluxus .

The anarchic spirit of Dada can be seen in the works of Hugo Ball (Zurich), Kart Schwitters (Berlin), Francis Picabia (Paris) Jean Arp (German/French), Marcel Duchamp (French/American), Man Ray (American).

On the following website can be found more examples of Dadaist work: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/d/dada.html

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