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DADA : 1916 - 1924
“What is Dada? “an art” “a fire insurance”…. Or is it nothing at all, in other words everything?”
Museum of Modern Art : Introduction to DADA
http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/audios/29/696
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BIG IDEAS – SOCIAL & POLITICAL CONTEXT
The movement of Dadaism was in its prime from the period of 1916 to 1920.
Dadaism was about anti art in the sense of rebelling against the former traditional ideals of art.
The Dada artists, musicians, poets and performers … had become cynical of humanity after witnessing (WW1) … and had become disillusioned by art.
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BIG IDEAS – SOCIAL & POLITICAL CONTEXT
The ideal 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.
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MARCEL DUCHAMP
Duchamp's most scandalous
readymade was the porcelain urinal that
he turned on its back, titled Fountain, signed R. Mutt (a pun on the German
word Armut, or poverty).
Fountain “Readymade”
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HANNAH HOCH
A portrait of the artist: Beautiful Girl: 1920
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KURT SCHWITTERS & RAOUL HAUSMANN
Kurt Schwitters Raoul Hausmann
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SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP
Photo of SophieTaeuber-Arp, 1918.
CHECK OUT what the Museum of Modern Art has to say @: http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/audios/29/738
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MAN RAY
"To create is divine, to reproduce is human."
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RESOURCES & HOMEWORK:
Museum of Modern Art - New York DADA Exhibit : http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/audios/29/738
Cut and Paste: A History of Photomontage http://homepage.ntlworld.com/davepalmer/cutandpaste/intro.htm
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National Gallery of ART: DADA http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/artwork/photomontage
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Internet Check out these websites!!!
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THINKING AHEAD …
Start collecting random items..
Collect Stuff
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DADA ARTISTS: CHOOSE ONE TO RESEARCH
Tristan Tzara Raoul Hausmann Man Ray John Heartfield Marcel Janco Kurt Schwitters Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Hans Arp Marcel Duchamp Francis Picabia Hugo Ball Max Ernst Hannah Hoch
1. Google image search. 2. Put examples in sketchbook.
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ANGELA ANNACONDA: KETCHUP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avqvCmq9qUM
What aspects of Dada so you see?
There are many short clips from Angela Annaconda on You
Tube – if you want to see more!!
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SUMMARIZE & REVIEW
As a class we will discuss what the students remember from this presentation, or what they already knew.
Collection of objects Variety of text
sources – words & images
Digital camera One picture frame? Sample of
assemblage?
Terms, Artists, Main ideas? Activity
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RESOURCES
HTTP://WWW.MOMA.ORG/INTERACTIVES/EXHIBITIONS/2006/DADA/INDEX_F.HTML
Lesson Plan Reference: Books: