Marcel Duchamp’s, In advance of the Broken Arm, is a typical sculpture from the Dada era due to its representation of subject manner and it’s medium. The term ‘Dada’ is a nonsense word pertaining to the insanity and senselessness of war. The Dada movement was categorized as being fed up with the government and their thoughts, and reflected the concept of a lack of sense. Dada was intended to cause emotional reactions in the viewer through a nonsensical object or painting. In Advance of the Broken Arm is an example of a readymade, a common object slightly altered by the artist, from the Dada movement because of its seemingly senseless subject. Duchamp purchased a snow shovel from a local store, leaned it against a wall, and named it. By doing
