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Why is it called Dada art?
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Why it is called Dada art relates to the aim of the artists who worked in the movement. Dadaists sought to challenge the conception of art by producing pieces that defied norms and shocked or surprised their viewers. Dada is the French word for hobby horse. The Dadaists chose it almost at random because they liked the sound of it, and the term had nothing to do with art itself. As a result, it seemed an ideal name for art that challenged the notion of what was and wasn't art. Find an assortment of Dadaist art on 1stDibs.
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Marcel Duchamp - Estate Authorized Bicycle Wheel replica Philadelphia Art Museum
Located in New York, NY
After Marcel Duchamp
Bicycle Wheel replica from the Philadelphia Museum (estate authorized), 2002
Wheel and painted wood. In original box
11 × 6 1/2 × 3 4/5 inches
In original box pr...
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Early 2000s Dada Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Do Not Destroy (Object Indestructable)
By Man Ray
Located in New York, NY
Wood and metal metronome with printed eye. Initialed and numbered 16/200 in felt tip pen and ink on printed label on bottom of object. Published by the New York Cultural center. Con...
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20th Century Dada Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
Sophie Taeuber-Arp's exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art in 1964
By Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art in 1964.
Sophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss arti...
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1960s Dada Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Screen
1967 Exhibition original poster by Marcel Duchamp - Ready mades - Dada -
Located in PARIS, FR
Marcel Duchamp was one of the pioneers of Dada, a movement that challenged preconceived notions of what art should be and how it should be made. In the years leading up to World War I, Duchamp enjoyed success as a painter in Paris. But he soon abandoned painting almost entirely, explaining, "I was interested in ideas, not just visual products."
Seeking an alternative to representing objects in paint, Duchamp began to present objects as art...
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1960s Dada Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
After Max Ernst, Fiat Modes - Pereat Ars, Framed Print, 1970
By Max Ernst
Located in Barcelona, ES
After Max Ernst "Fiat Modes - Pereat Ars" Dada Artwork Framed Print, 1970
Explore the avant-garde world of Dada with Max Ernst's "Fiat Modes - Pereat Ars," a striking framed artwor...
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1970s Dada Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
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1972 Original Poster of Man Ray's exhibition at the Françoise Tournié Gallery
By Man Ray
Located in PARIS, FR
Poster of Man Ray's exhibition ( 1890 - 1970 ) at the Françoise Tournié Gallery in 1972. Man Ray was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris.
Actor of Dadaism in New York, then of Surrealism in Paris, Man Ray perfected the photogram technique of Christian Schad...
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1970s Dada Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
