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Dada
Dada or Dadaism , international nihilistic movement among European artists and writers that lasted from 1916 to 1922. Born of the widespread disillusionment engendered by World War I, it originated in Zürich with the poetry of the Romanian Tristan Tzara . Dada attacked conventional standar... Read more
Kurt Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters , 1887-1948, German artist. Influenced by Kandinsky, by Picasso's reliefs, and by Dada constructions, he invented Merz [trash] constructions—arrangements of diverse materials and objects. Schwitters created gigantic architectural structures out of rubbish. His collages ar... Read more
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara , 1896-1963, French writer, b. Romania. He studied at the Univ. of Zürich, where he and his friends formulated the dadaist movement initially as a pacifist statement (see Dada ). His theories are expressed in Sept manifestes dada [seven dadaist manifestos] (1924). Tzara moved t... Read more
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer 1950-, American artist, b. Gallipolis, Ohio. She links text and image in works of art composed of short aphorisms or longer declarations. Influenced by Dada , conceptual art, and feminism, her works range from printed signs to LED word sculptures and from a huge electronic billboard i... Read more
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia , 1878-1953, French painter. After working in an impressionist style, Picabia was influenced by cubism and later was one of the original exponents of Dada in Europe and the United States. He contributed to avant-garde periodicals and became associated with the Paris surrealists. ... Read more
Max Ernst
Max Ernst 1891-1976, German painter. After World War I, Ernst joined the Dada movement in Paris and then became a founder of surrealism . Apart from the medium of collage , for which he is well known, Ernst developed other devices to express his fantastic vision. In frottage he rubbed black c... Read more
Hans Richter
Hans Richter , 1888-1976, American artist, b. Germany. A painter and filmmaker, Richter was influenced by cubism and Dada and was a member of the Dutch de Stijl group (see Stijl, de ). His preoccupation with continuity led him first to scroll painting and then to the making of abstract films su... Read more
Man Ray
Man Ray 1890-1976, American photographer, painter, and sculptor, b. Philadelphia. Along with Marcel Duchamp , Ray was a founder of the Dada movement in New York and Paris. He is celebrated for his later surrealist paintings and photography. Among his inventions is the rayograph, a photograph obt... Read more
collage
collage [Fr.,=pasting], technique in art consisting of cutting and pasting natural or manufactured materials to a painted or unpainted surface—hence, a work of art in this medium. The art of collage was initiated in 1912 when Picasso pasted a section of commercially printed oilcloth to his cu... Read more
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp , 1887-1968, French painter, brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon and half-brother of Jacques Villon . Duchamp is noted for his cubist-futurist painting Nude Descending a Staircase, depicting continuous action with a series of overlapping figures; it was the cause of great controver... Read more

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Dada
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...poetry of the Romanian Tristan Tzara . Dada attacked conventional standards of aesthetics...unpredictable in artistic creation. In Berlin, Dada had political overtones, exemplified by...The latter three carried the spirit of Dada to New York City. Typical were the elegant... Read more
Idi Amin Dada
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Idi Amin Dada As president of Uganda (1971-1979) Idi Amin Dada (born c. 1925) became notorious for massive violations of human rights, economic decline, and social disintegration. Born between 1925 and 1927 in Koboko, West Nile Province, Idi Amin... Read more
Hans Richter
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...both the Zurich and the Berlin phases of Dada, abstract cinema (in collaboration with...limited, he did contribute to their journal, Dada, and occasionally participated in their...work in Zurich included two group shows, Dada and Die Neue Kunst: Dada, in 1917 and 1918... Read more
Max Ernst
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Max Ernst (1891-1976), a leading figure in the Dada and surrealist movements, possessed an amazing...Ernst's main production when he was active in the Dada group in Cologne from 1919 to 1922. The Dada movement with its irreverent attitude to conventional... Read more
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1889-1943) was an active member of the Zurich Dada group, a participant in the "International...and in the evenings she participated in Dada sor é es, usually in disguise to avoid...Arp and Taeuber were involved in many Dada events in Zurich. Taeuber's interests during... Read more
Francis Picabia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...century and became best known as a leader of Dada in Paris. Francis Picabia viewed his art...that trip to New York. Machine Style to Dada When World War I began in Europe, Picabia...without a Mother. The leader of Z ü rich Dada, Tristan Tzara, moved to Paris in January... Read more
Man Ray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...was the principal American artist in the Dada movement. Man Ray was born in Philadelphia...that Ray became important in the New York Dada group, he gave up conventional methods...Duchamp to publish the one issue of New York Dada (1921). Ray was interested in obtaining... Read more
Jeff Koons
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Jeff Koons In the tradition of Marcel Duchamp, Dada, and Pop Art, American artist Jeff Koons (born 1955) created...between those who saw him as a latter-day standard bearer of the Dada and Pop movements to those who viewed his art as the product... Read more
Jean Tinguely
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Tinguely (1925-1991) worked in a manner that combined aspects of Dada, Constructivism, and kinetic art. His sculptures are capricious...introduced Tinguely to the Dadaist collages of Kurt Schwitters. Dada was an intellectual and esthetic protest against society and... Read more
Arp, Jean
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...painter and poet. During World War I, he founded the Zurich Dada movement with the Romanian artists Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco...the surrealism movement. His sculpture spans the divide between Dada humour and the purity of non-iconic abstract art . Navel Shirt... Read more

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Dada
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Dada. A movement in European art (with manifestations also in...artists reacted with irony, cynicism, and nihilism. Originally Dada appeared in two neutral countries (Switzerland and the USA...outrage and provocation—owed much to Futurism ; however, Dada's nihilism was very different from Futurism's ... Read more
Neo-Dada
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Neo-Dada. A term that has been applied to various styles, trends, or works that are perceived as reviving the methods or spirit of Dada . It has been used as a synonym for Nouveau Réalisme and Pop art , for example, and has been applied to the work of Jasper Johns . Read more
Neo-Dada Organizers
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Neo-Dada Organizers. A group of Japanese artists based in Tokyo, active from 1960 to 1963. Those associated with it included Genpei Akasegawa... Read more
Amin Dada, Idi
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Amin Dada, Idi ( c. 1925–2003) Ugandan head of state (1971–79). Possessed of only rudimentary education, Amin rose through... Read more
dada
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English da·da / ˈdada; -də / • n. inf. one's father. Read more
Surrealism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...the irrational. It was closely related to Dada , its principal source; several artists...were disturbing or shocking, but whereas Dada was essentially nihilist, Surrealism was...Galleries in London, and ‘Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism’ at the Museum of Modern... Read more
Ernst, Max
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...French citizen in 1958, one of the major figures of Dada and even more so of Surrealism . He was born at...met in 1914) he became the leader of the city's Dada group. In 1920 he organized one of Dada's most famous exhibitions in the conservatory... Read more
Cabaret Voltaire
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...one of the chief breeding grounds of the Dada movement. A press announcement on 2 February...gallery, opened in March 1917 as the Galerie Dada, to which they transferred their activities...Cabaret Voltaire was the name of the first Dada publication—a pamphlet edited by... Read more
Ray, Man
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Marcel Duchamp and helped form the New York Dada group; 1916 — begins to experiment...has one-man exhibition at the "exposition Dada"; 1923 — makes first film, La Retour...Belz, Carl, The Role of Man Ray in the Dada and Surrealist Movements , Princeton, 1963... Read more
Edward, Lake
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names ...Democratic Republic of the Congo‐Uganda Albert Edward, Idi Amin Dada A lake visited by Sir Henry Morton Stanley † in 1889 and...Lake Edward. In 1973–9 the lake was renamed Lake Idi Amin Dada after Idi Amin (1924/5–2003), Ugandan president and military... Read more

Thesaurus entries related to "Dada"

father
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus father • noun   1. his mother and father synonyms : dad; daddy, pop, pa, dada, papa; old man, patriarch, paterfamilias.   2. literary the religion of my fathers synonyms : ancestor, forefather, forebear... Read more

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Modernism - Dada - Postmodernism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; Modernism-- Dada-- Postmodernism. By RICHARD SHEPPARD. Evanston...eleven of his main essays on Modernism and Dada published over the past two decades. Most...complex relationship between Modernism, Dada, and postmodernism. Chapter 7 ('Radical... Read more
Crisis and the Arts: The History of Dada.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Crisis and the Arts: The History of Dada. Ed. By STEPHEN C. FOSTER. 8 vols. New York: Hall. 1996-2002. Vol II: Dada Zurich: A Clown's Game from Nothing. Ed...KARL RIHA. 1996. xiii + 281 pp.; Vol. III: Dada Cologne Hanover. Ed. by CHARLOTTE STOKES... Read more
Dada is back: in the past few months the spirit of Dada has returned to Zurich's inner city. The place where the Dadaists held their first performances in 1916 has been restored and is in full swing as the new Cabaret Voltaire.(Art & Culture)
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the Cabaret Voltaire could not be more Dada-like. That means confusion. Should I enter...Spiegelgasse, where windows allow a glimpse of a Dada exhibition, or can 1 simply push the glass...to the administrator. it's just as well. Dada is not restricted to one building. Dada... Read more
New York Dada: 1915-1923.
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 11/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...now, those of us interested in New York Dada have used Francis Naumann's articles as...to cull them from the old Artforums and Dada/Surrealisms and Archives of American Art...of what is left of the world of New York Dada, unearthing the connections between the... Read more
'Making Mischief: Dada invades New York:' Whitney Museum of American Art. (art exhibit)
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...Naumann with Beth Venn, Making Mischief: Dada Invades New York was the first major attempt...assemble the works and documents of New York Dada. Over two hundred paintings, sculptures...painstaking attempt to re-create New York Dada. The center of the exhibit consisted of... Read more
Dada did it. (Dada art movement, traveling exhibition)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 6/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...believe that the works of art produced by Dada artists during and just after World War...is hard not to admire the stand taken by Dada artists some 75 years ago. Reacting in...recognize the historical importance of Dada have done so with varying degrees of appreciation... Read more
Out of Africa: Tunde Dada makes good selling African culture, from books to clothing.
Magazine article from: Black Enterprise; 8/1/1996; ; 392 words ; Tunde Dada makes good selling African culture, from books to clothing Six years ago, Tunde and Temi Dada left their native land of Nigeria to make...husband and wife team are the owners of Tunde Dada, which grossed about $1.4 million in sales... Read more
Daughters of New York Dada at Francis Naumann.(exhibition of women painters' art)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 11/1/2006; ; 435 words ; New York Dada, with its fluid genders and genres, has...Katherine Dreier defined the terms of American Dada as much as Duchamp. Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhov...in her own right. Daughters of New York Dada, organized by Francis Naumann, offered a... Read more
Amelia Jones, Irrational Modernism: a Neaurasthenic History of New York Dada.(Editors' Choices)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Modernism: A Neaurasthenic History of New York Dada. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2004. I hear 'New York' has gone mad about 'Dada', the young American poet Hart Crane wrote...taken by Man Ray, appeared in New York Dada, the review being concocted by Man Ray... Read more
DADA.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Internet Bookwatch; 2/1/2007; 230 words ; DADA Rudolf Kuenzil Phaidon Press 180 Varick Street, 14th floor, New York, NY 10014 0714844233, $75.00 www.phaidon.com 'Dada' is an art movement of the 20th Century which challenged...assumptions about originality, art, and the role of the artist. Dada maintained that everyone should be an artist and that ... Read more