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Originally Posted by ripley44mag
This type of art was called "Dada" Dada=Death...It was popular mostly in Germany 1915-1936. It is Nihilism in the abstract. Regards Ripley  |
Not stricty true.
Dada was a short lived movement that was almost akin to the 'punk' movement of the seventies in that it strove to 'kill' rennaissance type 'high' art and deliver it back to ordinary people.
Two classic 'Dada' works include a painting of an ironing board with a copy of the Mona Lisa draped over it. The 'iron' is actually a metal block covered with spikes to destroy Da Vinci's painting. The other was the performance piece by the German 'artist' who sold tickets to his opening and shot himself in the head in front of the appalled audience.