DADAISM

Dadaism or Dada is a post-World War I cultural movement in visual art as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design, began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland. This art movement start from 1916 to 1922.

This art movement came out because of protest against the burgeois nationalist and colonist which is Dadaist believe as the root cause the war. Many dadaist believe the 'reason' and 'logic' of bourgeois capitalist lead people to the war.

DADAISM is about anti art against the traditional ideas of art.


The ideal of the modern art/contemporary art movement of Dadaism was to fight art with art. A great example is Marcel Duchamp's 'L.H.O.O.Q' which mocks the mona Lisa by installing a mustache on her face. The idea of Dada was to offend and shock the art world.
This art movement become a strong influence for Surrealism which is followed later.
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the famous artisit from this art movement:

Marcel Duchamp
Francis Picabia
George Grosz