Dada Flashcards
1
Q
How is Dada a reaction to WWI? Where did it begin, and what mindset developed in reaction to logic and reason?
A
Dada thought that logic and reason lead to the war, so they took more of a nonsensical appeal; art arising from subconscious bc its more truthful, healing, and self revealing; undercurrent of humor and sensuality
2
Q
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain
A
takes everyday objects and re-appropriates them; art is more conceptual; viewer gets tied up trying to figure out the piece
