1916-1925 Zurich, Berlin, Paris, Cologne, New York Dada 1916-1925 Zurich, Berlin, Paris, Cologne, New York
Dada Characteristics Concept over execution Ready-mades Name “Dada” can be assigned a meaning as wished by anyone No oil on canvas (rejected!) Collage and photomontage Questioning of art itself Response to the brutality of civilization and the rejection of producing anything ‘beautiful’ to reward a cruel civilization
Main Artists Hugo Ball, German actor, opened the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, 1916 Marchel Duchamp, French artist, took Dada to New York when he left Europe to escape the war – readymade piece The Fountain, 1917 Kurt Schwiiters, German artist Hannah Hoch, German artist
Hugo Ball reciting “Karawane” at the Cabaret Voltaire
Marcel Duchamp Fountain, 1917, readymade, porcelain and enamel paint L.H.O.O.Q., 1919, assisted readymade, pencil on reproduction
Schwitters & Hoch Berlin Dada produced visual art, as compared to literary Merzbild 5B, 1916, collage, tempura & crayon on cardboard Dada Dance, 1922, photomontage .