Anti-art

Dadaism is an art movement that is met with many different points of view. Some art historians look at it with contempt, others generalize it as a movement solely about nihilism and a post-war reaction. It is possible that art historians by and large have missed the whole point of the Dada movement, and do not take it as a valid art movement. Leonard Aldea and Phillip Prager both believe that Dada artists are largely misunderstood and that art historians have done an injustice in their…

In Professor Bethke’s presentation she brought up how surrealism is all about what lies underneath, unseen, but influences us. This unconscious self, with all of its desires, is what unsettles us because it is the “real” us, or what we really want. Surrealism, which came about in 1924, is an interesting response to the oppressive, restrictive conscious self. Fascism from what I have seen, appeals to very basic ideals. It appeals to identity, to violence, to emotion, and to what looks good. These…

repository of mysterious symbols” (Fiero 396) By this one can see how Klee used abstract and poetic language of pictorial symbols and signs. An example of his art work was Fish Magic which consisted of a group of organic motifs that resemble sacred signs like flowers, fish, and human figures. He admired the art of children and also recognized the art of the untutored and the mentally ill. He was one of the most recognized Surrealist artist because of his use of design, pattern, color, and…

Since the beginning his parents encouraged him to express himself through art. As he got older and more serious about his art he moved on to study at an academy in Madrid. In the 1920’s Dali moved to Paris in order to meet and work with bigger artists such as Picasso, who would inspire his surrealist work. When the uprising of fascism came about and…

This painting is titled Metamorphosis of Narcissus 1937. It is oil paint on canvas measuring 51.2cm x 78.1cm made by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989). This Metamorphosis of Narcissus’ genre is a figure within a landscape. This picture is an open composition. What is surrealism? Surrealism is an artistic movement that started in 1924 when the Surrealist Manifesto was published. A French poet named Andre Breton (1924 through World War 2) led surrealism. Surrealism started in Paris and…

The medium chosen to demonstrate the topic of Anti Sexism is art. Art is a way to express and apply creative skills in a visual form, which usually has a message to send to the viewers. The reason art is the only medium that could convey the message of Anti Sexism, is because the audience can finally understand how sexism is affecting both men and women on a day to day basis. Recent protests like articles, websites, and campaigns against sexism have not been the most successful, because the only…

sought to view art thru fresh eyes. Modern art focused on actual items in nature but sought to abstract it. Post-Modernism is almost the anti-modernism. It went to go against anything modernism stood for. Asking more questions than it answered postmodern artists sought to simplify and recreate past styles and converge low and high art into one. In this essay I will discuss what exactly makes an artist post modern or modern. After much research one can conclude that postmodern art is somewhat the…

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,…

relation to performance art. whilst exploring ethics and danger involved in destroying instruments. This research will be undertaken with Annea Lockwood’s Piano Transplants’ series firmly in mind, and reference will be made to both scores and performances of these works. This paper also represents a unique opportunity to raise awareness on important works in experimental music, contributing new perspectives and ideas to the field. Ethics, Safety and Disclaimers In any radical art form, there…

Dada is an artistic and literary movement of the European avant-garde, an artistic anarchy born out of disgust for the social, cultural, and political values of the time. Dada was not as much of a style of art like Fauvism or Cubism; it was a rebellious movement attached to an anti-establishment manifesto. It was established around World War I. Its purpose was to ridicule the supposed meaninglessness of the modern world. It peaked in 1916 to 1922, with early centers in Zürich, Switzerland at the…