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Marcel Duchamp |
Pioneer of the Dada movement Showed "Readymades" as art; mass produced, utilitarian objects with names as art Conceptual artist; paved the way for conceptual art Aimed to provoke emotion from viewers; chose objects based on a "reaction of visual indifference" as well as "total absence of good or bad taste" Challenged what art should be defined as and what makes art qualified to be called "art" |
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Readymade |
Objects "made" by Marcel Duchamp that were often mass produced, utilitarian, readily available objects in which he named and signed, and called art Example: the urinal/fountain Found objects |
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Dada |
Began in 1916 at the Cabaret Voltaire Form of artistic anarchy born out of disgust for the social, political and cultural values of the time Embraced elements of art, music, poetry, theatre, dance and politics. Emerged amid World War I |
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Cabaret Voltaire |
Founded by Hugo Ball and his partner Emmy Hennings on February 5 Group of exiled artists who joined together under this name rejected artists Founded in 1916 in Zurich |
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Hugo Ball |
German poet and playwright who was exiled from Switzerland since 1915 Founded the Cabaret Voltaire in Spiegelgasse along with his partner Emmy Hennings Member of Dada movement but left it temporarily until 1917 |
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George Grosz |
HOMEBOOOOOOYYYYY brotha from long island reprESENT HUNTINGTON AND QUEENS SQUAD BE LIKE ✌✌✌✌ Prominent member of Berlin Dada before emigrating to the USA Drawing & Painting Created caricaturist artworks Artwork had a political agenda Produced The Funedal, Cain, or Hitler in Hell |
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John Heartfield |
Born Helmut Herzfeld Pioneer in the use of art as a political weapon Made anti Nazi and anti fascist statements Produced book jackets for Upton Sinclair |
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Hannah Höch |
Dada artist in Germany (Berlin) Exhibited at large Dada exhibitions such as at The Museum of Modern Art in New York Produced Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany |
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André Breton |
French writer and poet Anarchist and anti fascist Best known as founder of Surrealism Wrote Anthology of Black Humor, Les Champs Magnétiques, Surrealism and Painting etc |
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The Persistence of Memory |
Salvador Dali Surrealist "Hand painted dream photographs" Symbolic Fly on the clock is a symbol of the presence of evil while the ants are said to be a personal symbol |
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René Magritte |
Internationally acclaimed surrealist artist Painted the dude with the apple face "The Son of Man" and the fault in our stars reference "The Treachery of Images" (ce n'est pas une pipe) Also produced Golconda, The Lovers, The Human Condition, etc From Belgium |
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Automatism |
In art, it is the avoidance of conscious intention in producing works of art, especially by using mechanical techniques or subconscious associations An action performed unconsciously or involuntarily |
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Dorothea Lange |
She was named America's greatest documentary photographer Photographed during The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl |
