Jordan A. Bañez Computer Graphics ARTS 115

Zurich, Switzerland During WWI Because of the war, many artists, intellectuals and writers, especially those from France and Germany, moved to Switzerland. Instead of being relieved that they had escaped, the artists, intellectuals, and writers were furious with the modern society. They decided to show their protest through artistic medium. This art movement was a protest, but at the same time it managed to be enjoyable and amusing. It was sarcastic, colorful, quirky, and silly. However, each Dada artist was very serious about his work.

Musicians who labeled themselves as Dadaists were difficult to find for several reasons: The movement incorporated the music of composers with very different styles None of whom was directly involved in the Dada movement Composers and musicians were extremely reluctant to identify themselves with a particular artistic movement The Dada movement only seemed to attract visual artists and writers, and no dancers and musicians. There was a limited number of musicians who did identify themselves with or were associated with the Dadaist movement. Hans Heusser, a Swiss Composer Albert Savinio, "disharmonious"

Hans Arp Marcel Duchamp Francis Picabia Hugo Ball Max Ernst Raoul Hausmann Man Ray John Heartfield Marcel Janco Kurt Schwitters Sophie Taeuber-Arp Max Ernst A Friends' Reunion/Au Rendez-vous des amis.

"An International word. Just a word, and the word a movement. Very easy to understand. Quite terribly simple. To make of it an artistic tendency must mean that one is anticipating complications. Dada psychology, dada Germany cum indigestion and fog paroxysm, dada literature, dada bourgeoisie, and yourselves, honoured poets, who are always writing with words but never writing the word itself, who are always writing around the actual point. Dada world war without end, dada revolution without beginning, dada, you friends and also-poets, esteemed sirs, manufacturers, and evangelists. Dada Tzara, dada Huelsenbeck, dada m'dada, dada m'dada dada mhm, dada dera dada, dada Hue, dada Tza." First Dada Manifesto July 14, 1916

Dada is international in perspective and seeks to bridge differences Dada is antagonistic toward established society in the modern avant-garde, Bohemian tradition of the épater-le- bourgeios posture Dada is a new tendency in art that seeks to change conventional attitudes and practices in aesthetics, society, and morality."

Arrangement according to Laws of Chance (Collage with Squares) ( )

He created collages instead of other formats because he believed that “…paintings require too much time to construct.”

L'elephant celebes (1921) Aquis Submersus (1919)

He submitted the piece under the name R. Mutt, presumably to hide his involvement with the piece because at the time he was a board member of the Society of Independent Artists. Readymade once was, > R.M -> Mott Works (sanitary equipment factor) -> Mutt and Jeff (cartoon) Fountain (1917)

The letters, when pronounced in French, form the sentence "Elle a chaud au cul", which translates to "She has a hot ass".

Der Geist Unserer Zeit - Mechanischer Kopf (Mechanical Head [The Spirit of Our Age]) c ruler, pocket watch mechanism, typewriter, camera segments and a crocodile wallet Philosopher George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - "...this is a head whose "thoughts" are materially determined by objects literally fixed to it. Hausmann has revealed a head that is penetrated and governed by brute external forces, which is an assumption that lies behind the European fascination with the portrait.”

Noire et Blanche (1926) Inspired by African Art Worked with the black and white contrast between the alabaster painted face of Niki de Montparnasse and a black African mask American Artist Significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist Movements Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography

Hera (1929) Oil on Cardboard

Untitled ( ) Property of a private Swedish Collection Oil and Plaster on a canvas mounted on a panel

Das Undbild “The And-Picture” ( 1919) Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, installation art ; most famous for his collages : Merz Pictures

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