Tag Archives: Berlin Dada

confusion as intent

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Dave

Dada. They brought to a sharp focus the dilemma in which making choices between so-called alternatives was a lost cause. Tristan Tzara ( of chess with Lenin fame ) saw opposites as essentially equivalent. Order=disroder. affirmation=negation. The efforts to incite … Continue reading →

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the edgy veggies: part of one big family

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Dave

It seems that god’s original idea, if we look at the story of Adam, was that the first man could have the pick of the garden but not to eat meat. Doing the carnivore act was seen to coarsen the … Continue reading →

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Not a Sugar Dada's Girl

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Dave

Hannah Höch( 1889-1978) is best known as one of the originators of the medium of photomontage, and the only female member of the Berlin Dada group, an artistic grouping which protested the unprecedented destruction of World War I by putting … Continue reading →

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Photomontage, Berlin Dada & Adolf Scissorhands

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Dave

Dada did not have homogenous and formal characteristics as other art styles. Dada cannot be considered an art style per se, but in general, an anti-art movement  that began as a response to the mercantilism and colonialism that gave rise … Continue reading →

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