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Dadaism: Visual Absurdity

Dadaism: Visual Absurdity. Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968). L.H.O.O.Q., 1919. "Dada is a state of mind... Dada is artistic free thinking... Dada gives itself to nothing... " -defined by André Breton.

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Dadaism: Visual Absurdity

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  1. Dadaism: Visual Absurdity

  2. Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968). L.H.O.O.Q., 1919.

  3. "Dada is a state of mind... Dada is artistic free thinking... Dada gives itself to nothing... " -defined by André Breton • This is not to say that Dada is definable, for it was one of the primary goals of Dada to avoid the labeling and legitimizing of the establishment. • Early on in the development of the trend, Hugo Ball made it quite clear, "How can one get rid of everything that smacks of journalism, worms, everything nice and right, blinkered, moralistic, Europeanized, enervated? By saying Dada..." • The principles of Dada had existed before in the schools of Expressionism, Cubism, and Futurism, but the principles had a change in language.

  4. Nude Descending a Staircase (1913) by Marcel Duchamp

  5. Francis Picabia (French, 1879-1953). The Cacodylic Eye (L'Oeil cacodylate), 1921.

  6. Although a major point of Dada is that is a not supposed to be a movement, several of the artists released manifestos, the most significant being The First Dada Manifesto by Hugo Ball released on July 14, 1916. Ball professes the philosophy of Dada which consists of three major points, "1. Dada is international in perspective and seeks to bridge differences, 2. Dada is antagonistic toward established society in the modern avant-garde, Bohemian tradition of the épater-le-bourgeios posture (translation, ‘to shock the (respectable) middleclass citizens’ , and 3. Dada is a new tendency in art that seeks to change conventional attitudes and practices in aesthetics, society, and morality."

  7. Max Ernst (French, born Germany. 1891-1976). Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale (Deux enfants sont menacés par un rossignol), 1924.

  8. Francis Picabia (French, 1879-1953). Américane (American Woman), cover of the journal 391, no. 6, Francis Picabia editor and publisher. July 1917.

  9. Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky, American, 1890-1976). The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herself with Her Shadows, 1916.

  10. Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864-1946). Fountain, photograph of sculpture by Marcel Duchamp, 1917.

  11. Max Ernst (French, born Germany, 1891-1976). The Punching Ball or the Immortality of Buonarroti or Max Ernst and Caesar Buonarroti, 1920.

  12. Raoul Hausmann, Austrian (1886-1971). Mechanical Head (Spirit of Our Age) (Mechanischer Kopf [Der Geist unserer Zeit]), ca. 1920.

  13. Hannah Höch (German, 1889-1978). Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany, 1919-1920.

  14. George Grosz (American, born Germany. 1893-1959). A Victim of Society (Ein Opfer der Gesellschaft), 1919.

  15. Your mission… • To create a glorious dada inspired piece of art. You may rely on chance and absurdity to help shape what you present. • Expectations (for Friday): -Create your work of art -Explanation of your process and the discovered importance of your work. You may address its relevance to the revived dada movement in our classroom. (1 page typed, double spaced)

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