Dada was an art movement formed because of the changing social and moral values at the end of World War I. It was formed to prove how artistic expression has faded instead of giving off a style itself. Dada artist produce a lot of ambiguous, unconventional, and risky works that reflect the artists social status towards the world. Popular Dada artist include; Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Author Caravan, Jean Arp, and Francis Picabia.
Marcel Duchamp produced a famous sculpture called Fountain signing it R Mutt, which is actually a urinal. The initial R stood for Richard which was a French slang for moneybag, it also supposedly represents a sewage company (Wikipedia).
Man Ray was a photographer, painter, and sculptor. He was known for taking objects that had a useful purpose and making them useless. For example he took an iron and put spikes on the flat side, so it could no longer be used.
I think the Dada movement was extremely interesting. I love the fact that these artist took things to such a risky level knowing that it would cause controversy. Its amazing to think that these artist did all this in the 1920's and on, when everyone and was so conservative.
Sources: online Wikipedia ( Dada, List of Dadaists, Fountain)
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