Essay On Dada

Dada was an anti-art movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland in the early 20th century in 1916 (Young). The term anti-art refers to a rebellion against the war and destruction that had happened years before. It started as a response to World War I and the nationalism that it is believed led to the war (Elza Adamowicz). It was influenced by other avant-garde movements such as Expressionism, Cubism and Futurism (Craft). The name Dada is known to have been selected at random from a dictionary, this supports the nonsense of the whole idea of the movement, plus it is considered a being “baby talk” (Young). It was very diverse, starting from poetry, theatre, painting, photography, sculpture and collage. The characteristics of Dada art was known by its way of ridiculing nationalism and materialistic attitudes. It became a big influence for other artists in other cities like Paris, New York and Berlin to name a few. After some time each city started developing their own groups. The art movement spread with the creation of Surrealism. In this essay I will inform how Dada rapidly became an anarchistic kind of avant-garde art which wanted to challenge and demoralize the ruling system which allowed the war to happen.
Dada’s philosophies were intentionally negative. They were against the bourgeois society …show more content…
These innovations include collage and photo montage, and later influenced modern art movements, like Surrealism and Pop-Art. It is considered an important movement because it also helped developed the contemporary art styles like Nouveau Realism, Neo-Dada and other mid- 20th century art forms like installation and Performance art (Craft). Some critics refer to Dada movement as being the beginning of the end of art. Relating this to the end of the classical styles and beginning the acceptance of anything inside museums just to make money and create a