1. Dada Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY
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2. Dada art is “characterized by a concerted and sustained attempt to undermine cherished notions and assumptions about art.”
– Kleiner
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Tristan Tzara
ca. 1918

3. “Cubism was a school of painting, Futurism a political movement: DADA is a state of mind.”
– Andre Breton
Dada was a reaction to “the insane spectacle of collective homicide” (war).
– Kleiner
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Hugo Ball
Reciting Karawane at the Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich
1916
photograph

4. “Dada” refers to a child’s hobby horse in French.
The founders selected the word DADA at random from a French-German dictionary (according to legend).
“Dada” refers to a child’s hobby horse in French.
But the word itself was likely chosen for its sound – like the repetition of a nonsense baby word.
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Hugo Ball
Karawane
1916
poem

5. “ready made” or “found art” collage automatic art
Dada can be:
art by chance
“ready made” or “found art”
collage
automatic art
free association activities
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Jean Arp
Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance
torn and pasted paper
19 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.

6. Picabia was known for painting nonsense machines.
They represented what the Dadaists saw as the absurdities of the modern machine age.
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Francis Picabia
Amorous Procession
1917
oil on cardboard
38 1/4 x 29 1/8 in.

7. Francis Picabia Portrait of Cezanne 1920 mixed media
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Francis Picabia
Portrait of Cezanne
1920
mixed media

8. The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass)
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Marcel Duchamp
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass)
oil, lead wire, foil, dust, varnish, glass
8 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. 7 in.

9. “Found objects,” or “ready made” sculptures are central to the Dada movement, and associated with Duchamp.
Although many other artists since, including Picasso, have employed the practice.
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Marcel Duchamp
Bicycle Wheel
1913 assemblage
23 3/4 in. high

10. “The “artness” of this work lies in the artist’s choice of this object, which has the effect of conferring the status of art on it and forces the viewer to see the object in a new light.” – Kleiner
Choice + Context:
The artist chooses an object and places it in a context that establishes it as “art.”
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144. Marcel Duchamp
Fountain
1917
porcelain urinal

11. Duchamp is seen as the most influential Dada artist.
144. Marcel Duchamp
Fountain
1917
porcelain urinal
Duchamp is seen as the most influential Dada artist.
This is his first “ready made”. He took mass produced
objects and “rectified” them as art.
The back is signed as R. MUTT and is a pseudonym
for the Mott plumbing company and the Jeff comic
strip.
Duchamp forced the viewer to see objects in a new light.
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12. Marcel Duchamp L.H.O.O.Q. 1919 drawing on photographic reproduction
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Marcel Duchamp
L.H.O.O.Q.
1919
drawing on photographic reproduction
7 3/4 in. x 4 1/8 in.

13. “Contradiction, paradox, irony, and even blasphemy are Dada’s bequest
“Contradiction, paradox, irony, and even blasphemy are Dada’s bequest.” – Kleiner
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Man Ray
Gift
1921
flatiron with nails
6 1/2 in. high

14. Collage and Photomontage were techniques used by the Dadaists.
The proliferation of print media in the early 20th century influenced the use of collage and photomontage.
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Raoul Hausmann
Tatlin at Home
1920
collage
16 1/8 x 11 in.

15. Raoul Hausmann Dada Siegt! 1920 watercolor and collage
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Raoul Hausmann
Dada Siegt!
1920
watercolor and collage
on paper on board
23 5/8 x 17 3/4 in.

16. First International Dada Art Fair Berlin
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First International Dada Art Fair
Berlin
1920