Dada Cino
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| Raoul Hausmann, Dada Cino, 1920 |
Anti-war, anti-bourgeoisie, anti-establishment...anti-practically anything, Dada emerged during WWI. Its medium? Everything. Starting in Zurich, Switzerland, the movement spread to Berlin, Paris, and New York. Dadaists played with language, music, and visual art. Manifestos were written, proclaiming the aims of the movement - and calling the Impressionists "puddingheads."
Cut-and-paste collages became the primary medium for the Dadaists. However, the critique of consumerism and capitalist society was achieved through furniture and sculpture as well. Artists would dig through the trash for discarded cigarette boxes and unused pieces of wood. Even a bicycle wheel was used. They searched for something new, something that would capture the human spirit better than the previous generation's attempts.
Bored and frustrated with academic art, indignant at society's apathy towards the war, and in search of something so counterculture society would love to hate it, Dadaists approached art in an entirely different way than previous movements. They didn't care if their art was rejected or ridiculed. They preferred that over conforming to artistic norms.
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