This art analysis will define the fundamental modes of artistic production and aesthetics in the Dada Movement that opposed bourgeoisie art and the elements of pre-meditated art production in “Untitled (Collage with Squares Arranged according to the Laws of Chance)” (1917) and “Leaves and Navels” (1929) by Hans Arp. The Dada movement sought to oppose the linear modes of artistic production for the bourgeois classes, which defined a new way of opposing art of the elite classes of Europe. In this manner, Dada …show more content…
In “Untitled (Collage with Squares Arranged according to the Laws of Chance)” (1917), Arp has ripped up a series of colored paper and let them fall on a piece of paper. These pieces where then glued onto the paper. In this act, Arp is releasing himself from any type of premeditated method of production in this form of art, which rejects the idea that artists must painstakingly take long periods of time to formulate their art in the bourgeois tradition. More so, Arp is rejecting any notion of artistic style, which also rejects the rationality of choosing an artistic style that has already been created by the bourgeois art world. For instance, the idea of “abstract art” created by the bourgeoisie classes was not a part of the creative process in the making of this work of …show more content…
For instance, in the late 1920s, Arp created the work “Leaves and Navels” (1929) as a similar expression of production utilized in “Untitled” (1917). However, the formation of painted ropes on a white canvas defines a more orderly representation of form. However, “Leaves and Navels” defines the use of ready-made objects, which defines the everyday materials that common people encounter in their daily lives. The use of rope to depict the abstract shapes of leaves and navels is an important aspect of the Dada tradition, which sought to free art from the constraints of the bourgeoisie art markets and the artists that dominated these forms of expression. Arp depicts the ropes as a natural expressions of life in the Dada ideology, since they are depict the freedom of the artists to use found objects or randomly chosen