DADAiSM

1916-1924
Cabaret Voltaire was the name of a nightclub
in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded by Hugo
Ball, with his companion Emmy Hennings on
February 1, 1916 as a cabaret for artistic and
political purposes. Other founding members
were Marcel Janco, Richard Huelsenbeck, Tristan
Tzara, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Jean Arp.
Events at the cabaret proved pivotal in the
founding of the anarchic art movement known
as Dada.
 HUGO BALL & EMMY HENNINGS

Hugo Ball was a Emmy Hennings was a

German author, poet performer and poet. She
and one of the was also the wife of
leading Dada artists. celebrated Dadaist Hugo
Ball.

Born: February 22,

1886, Pirmasens Born: February 17,
1885, Flensburg
Died: September 14,
1927, Sant'Abbondio, Died: August 10,
Switzerland 1948, Lugano,
Switzerland
THE FIRST MANIFESTO IN DADA

“Dada is a new tendency in art. One

can tell this from the fact that until
now nobody knew anything about it,
and tomorrow everyone in Zurich
will be talking about it. Dada comes
from the dictionary. It is terribly
simple. In French it means "hobby
horse". In German it means "good-
bye", "Get off my back", "Be seeing
you sometime". In Romanian: "Yes,
indeed, you are right, that's it. But
of course, yes, definitely, right".
And so forth.” –Hugo Ball
Dada Manifesto, 1916
 DADA- ART..?
The Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich was the birthplace of Dada.

Dada had only one rule: Never follow any known rules.

Dada was intended to provoke an emotional reaction from the viewer

(typically shock or outrage). If its art failed to offend traditionalists, Dada
writing -- particularly Tristan Tzara's manifestoes -- proved a fine, nose-
thumbing Plan B.
The Dadaists published 'manifestos' and magazines to help communicate
their ideas.
SAMY ROSENSTOCK A.K.A
TRISTAN TZARA

Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and

French avant-garde poet, essayist and
performance artist. Also active as a
journalist, playwright, literary and art
critic, composer and film director, he
was known best for being one of the
founders and central figures of the anti-
establishment Dada movement.

Born: April 16, 1896, Moinești,

Romania
Died: December 25, 1963, Paris,
France
TZARA’S MANIFESTOS
 TZARA’S WORKS

Poster for the Mouvement Dada: 8.Dada-Soirée

(Dada Movement: Eighth Dada Soirée), 1919

Poster for Salon Dada, 1921

 DADA-WHAT?
Dada was a form of artistic anarchy that challenged the social,
political and cultural values of the time.
Dada embraced elements of art, music, poetry, theatre, dance and
politics.
Dada aimed to create a climate in which art was unrestricted by
established values.
Dada was anti-establishment and anti-art.
 DADA-MORE..
After the war the Dadaists relocated to Berlin, Cologne,
Hanover and New York.
The Dadaists introduced the concept that an artwork
could be a temporary installation.
The Dadaists expanded the boundaries and context of
what was considered acceptable as art.
BERLIN DADA
RAOUL HAUSMANN

Dada is what you can make out of

yourself. –Hausmann 1968

Raoul Hausmann was an Austrian artist

and writer. One of the key figures in
Berlin Dada, his experimental
photographic collages, sound poetry and
institutional critiques would have a
profound influence on the
European Avant-Garde in the aftermath of
World War I.

Born: July 12, 1886, Vienna, Austria

Died: February 1, 1971, Limoges, France
 HAUSMANN’S WORKS

'ABCD' 1920 'DER DADA NO.2' 1919

 HAUSMANN’S WORKS

'The Spirit of Our Time', 1920 'The Art Critic', (1919-20)

HANNAH HOCH

Hannah Höch was a German Dada

artist. She is best known for her
work of the Weimar period, when
she was one of the originators of
photomontage.

Born: November 1, 1889, Gotha,

Germany
Died: May 31, 1978, Berlin,
Germany
 HOCH’S WORKS

Da-Dandy, 1919
Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife Das schöne Mädchen [The Beautiful
through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Girl], 1920
Cultural Epoch in Germany, 1919
GEORGE GROSZ

George Grosz was a German artist

known especially for his caricatural
drawings of Berlin life in the
1920s.

Born: July 26, 1893, Berlin,

Germany
Died: July 6, 1959, Berlin,
Germany
 GROSZ’ WORKS

Republikanische Ein Opfer der Gesellschaft (A Victim

Automaten (Republican of Society), 1919
Automatons), 1920 'The Pillars of Society' 1926
JOHN HEARTFIELD

John Heartfield was an artist. He

was a pioneer in the use of art as a
political weapon. Some of his
photomontages were anti-Nazi and
anti-fascist statements.

Born: June 19, 1891, Berlin,

Germany
Died: April 26, 1968, East Berlin
 GROSZ&HEARTFIELD’S WORKS

Der wildgewordene Spiesser

Heartfield (Elektro-mechan. Tatlin-
'Life and Work in Universal City, Plastik)
12:05 Noon', 1919 (The Middle-Class Philistine
Heartfield Gone Wild [Electro-
Mechanical Tatlin Sculpture]),
1988 (reconstruction of 1920
COLOGNE DADA
JOHANNES THEODOR BAARGELD

Johannes Theodor Baargeld was a

pseudonym of Alfred Emanuel
Ferdinand Grünwald, a German
painter and poet who, together with
Max Ernst, founded the Cologne
Dada group. He also used the name
Zentrodada in connection with
Dada.
Born: October 9, 1892, Szczecin,
Poland
Died: August 18, 1927, Mont
Blanc, Chamonix, France
 BAARGELD’S WORKS

Ordinäre Klitterung: Kubischer Transvestit vor einem

vermeintlichen Scheideweg (Vulgar Mess: Cubistic Transvestite
at an Alleged Crossroads), 1920
'Typical Vertical Misrepresentation as
a Depiction of the Dada Baargeld'
1920
MAX ERNST

Max Ernst was a German painter,

sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A
prolific artist, Ernst was a primary
pioneer of the Dada movement and
Surrealism.

Born: April 2, 1891, Brühl,

Germany
Died: April 1, 1976, Paris, France
 ERNST’S WORKS

'Murdering Airplane' 1920

'Murdering Airplane' 1920

Célèbes (Celebes) or Der Elefant

von Celebes (The Elephant of 'The Chinese Nightingale' 1920
Celebes), 1921
JEAN (HANS) ARP

Jean Arp / Hans Arp was a German-

French, or Alsatian, sculptor,
painter, poet and abstract artist in
other media such as torn and pasted
paper.

Born: September 16,

1886, Strasbourg, France
Died: June 7, 1966, Basel,
Switzerland
 ARP’S WORKS

'Murdering Airplane' 1920

Plastron et fourchette (Shirt Front

and Fork), 1922
'Rectangles Arranged According to
the Laws of Chance'
1917
HANOVER DADA
KURT SCHWITTERS

Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius

Schwitters was a German artist who
was born in Hanover, Germany.
Schwitters worked in several genres
and media, including Dada,
Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry,
sound, painting, sculpture, graphic
design, typography, and what came to
be known as installation art.

Born: June 20, 1887, Hanover,

Germany
Died: January 8, 1948, Kendal,
United Kingdom
 SCHWITTERS’ WORKS

'Construction for Noble Women'

1919 Merzbild 46 A. Das Kegelbild (Merzpicture
46 A. The Skittle Picture), 1921
NEW YORK DADA
FRANCIS PICABIA

Francis Picabia was a French avant-

garde painter, poet and typographist.
After experimenting with
Impressionism and pointillism,
Picabia became associated with
Cubism. His highly abstract planar
compositions were colourful and rich
in contrasts.

Born: January 22, 1879, Paris, France

Died: November 30, 1953, Paris,
France
 PICABIA’S WORKS

L'Oeil cacodylate (The Cacodylic Eye),

1921
 PICABIA’S WORKS

Réveil matin I (Alarm Clock I), 1919 'Love Parade' 1917

EMMANUEL RADNITZKY
“MAN RAY”

Man Ray was an American modernist

artist who spent most of his career in
Paris, France. He was a significant
contributor to the Dada and Surrealist
movements, although his ties to each
were informal.

Born: August 27, 1890, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, United States
Died: November 18, 1976, Paris,
France
 MAN RAY’S WORKS

'Cadeau (Gift)' 1921 'Object to be Destroyed', 1923

HENRI-ROBERT-MARCEL
DUCHAMP

Performed the Most Notable Rages in the

Dada movement

Marcel Duchamp was a French-American

painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer
whose work is associated with Dadaism
and conceptual art, although not directly
associated with Dada groups.

Born: July 28, 1887, Blainville-Crevon,

France
Died: October 2, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine,
France
 MARCEL DUCHAMP’S
IMPORTANT WORKS

L.H.O.O.Q., 1919

Fountain, 1917
 W H AT ’ S I N DADAISM?
Dada art is nonsensical to the point of whimsy. Almost all of the
people who created it were ferociously serious, though
Abstraction and Expressionism were the main influences on
Dada, followed by Cubism and, to a lesser extent, Futurism.
The Dadaists used techniques such as automatism, chance,
photomontage and assemblage.
 DADA-END
Several Dada exhibitions caused public outrage and were closed by the
authorities.
Dada influenced the development of Surrealism, Action Painting, Pop Art,
Happenings, Installations and Conceptual Art.
The main artists associated with Dada were Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara, Marcel
Janco, Richard Huelsenbeck, Jean (Hans) Arp, Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Höch,
John Heartfield, Kurt Schwitters, Johannes Baargeld, Johannes Baader, Max Ernst,
George Grosz, Hans Richter, Francis Picabia, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp.
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