Dadaism

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What is DaDa

• "DaDa is beautiful like the night, who cradles the young day in her arms." - Hans Arp

• "DADA speaks with you, it is everything, it envelops everything, it belongs to every religion, can be neither victory or defeat, it lives in space and not in time." - Francis Picabia

• "Dada is the sun, Dada is the egg. Dada is the Police of the Police." - Richard Huelsenbeck

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• Based on the principles of deliberate irrationality, anarchy, and cynicism and the rejection of laws of beauty and social organization

• Marcel Duchamp contributed with a new technique: Ready-made

• Another techniques used were: – Photomontage

– Collage

– Frottage

Marcel Duchamp

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Bicycle Wheel Marcel Duchamp

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'Chapeau de Paille' Francis Picabia

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Travelkit of a Da Hans Arp

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