Dadaism

AprecursortoSurrealism,theDadamovementstressedtheabsurdandunpredictable,theillogicalandchaotic,lashingoutagainsttraditionalestheticsandupendingartisticconventions.EmergingfromtheartisticandintellectualmilieuofZurichduringWorldWarI,itsignaledare-evaluationofart'sculturalrelevanceintheshadowofindustrializedwar.JeanArp,TristanTzara,MarcelDuchamp,andManRaywereamongthemostfamousproponentsofDada,creatingworksthatdaredviewerstoexpandtheirnotionsofwhatmightbeconsideredart.ThisbookexplainstheimpulsesandtheoriesthatgaverisetoDada,theforerunnerofconceptualart.Featuredartists:MaxErnst,GeorgeGrosz,JohnHeartfield,JohannesBaader,HannahHoch,RaoulHausmann,KurtSchwitters,JohannesTheodorBaargeld,HansArp,MarcelDuchamp,FrancisPicabia,TristanTzara,ManRay.