The Dada Movement
Duchamp -Fountain
L.H.O.O.Q- found object
Hanna Höch - Cut with the kitchen knife dada through the last weimar beer belly cultural epoch of Germany
Duchamp- The bride stripped by het bachelors even
The Dada started right after wold war one. The art that was made at the time was directed towards
the government in that the public was not happy with the war. The public was also upset with the
propaganda and the many people who died in the war. Tristan Tzara was one of the main founders
of the Dada Movement but it was really Hans Arp who put it in motion. Arp studied at Weimar Academy
of Art but he wasn't happy with all the instructions that came along with art. As more people got involved
with the Dada Movement, the more people were horrified by the violence that took place in the war.
The dada movement wasn't just about art it was also about poetry, books, and theater. But they all had the
same theme of anti-war. The name Dada is from the romanian language which means yes yes, so translated
to english it would be the Yes Yes Movement. Art was very realistic and complicated because of all the layers
from oil painting. Some people did not like the movement because it was new. The artist would take all the
instruction they were ever given in their training and would distort the art in some way. But the most shocking
piece of art in the dada movement would have to be Fountain by Duchamp. When the sculpture was put in
a gallery people were disgusted because it was common knowledge that the urinal belonged in the mens restroom.
Little did Duchamp know that the sculpture would change the way people looked at art. The colors that are used
for the paintings are dull,with lots of shades of blue, grey, yellow, and brown maybe to represent how the war
affected the community. Hannah Höch's mother was an amateur painter which may or may not have sparked
her love for painting. She did not have a lot of proper schooling because her parents took her out so they could take care of another sibling. Höch participated in the anti-symphony in 1919 as part of the Dada movement and the Dada fair in 1920.
A short video on the history of the Dada Movement: