With Dada and Pop Art Influence

The

non-art movement

• 1916-1923

• Reaction to the horror of World War I

• Artists were mostly French and German. They took refuge in neutral Switzerland.

• They were angry at the European society that had allowed the war to happen.

• Dada was a form of protest.

• It’s intention was to provoke and shock

The name “Dada” was chosen because it was nonsensical. They wanted a name that made the least amount of sense.

• They used any public forum to spit on:

nationalism

rationalism

materialism

and society in general

Mona Lisa with a Mustache

“The Fountain”

“The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even”

George Groz “Remember Uncle Augustus the Unhappy Inventor”(collage)

Raoul Hausmann “ABCD” (collage)

Merit Oppenheim “Luncheon in Fur”

Using pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them Artist use borrowed elements in their creation of a new work

• Dada self-destructed when it was in danger of becoming “acceptable.”

• The Dada movement and the Surrealists have influenced many important artists. Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) became one of the most famous artists to use assemblage. His work is both surreal and poetic.

A 3-D form of using "found" objects arranged in such a way that they create a piece of art.

The Pop American artist, Robert Rauschenberg, uses assemblage, painting, printmaking and collage in his work. He is

directly influenced by the Dada-ists.

“Canyon”

“Monogram”

“Bed”

“Coca-cola Plan”

“Retroactive”

• These artist use borrowed elements in their creation to make a new work of art!

• As long as those portions of copyrighted works are used to create a completely new and different work of art it was OK.

• That will be your job

• To make a composite photograph by cutting and joining two or more photographs into an illusion of an unreal subject.

• Creating depiction of an image of things seen, remembered or imagined, to represent an idea.

• It is “the right thing to do”

• It is the law

• It ensures the continued availability of high-value work

• May include public places, well-known products, trademarks or other copyrighted material as long as it is a very small part to the subject matter of the piece.

• Collages may include portions of existing copyrighted works as long as they are used to create a completely new and different work of art: – Photographs – magazine clippings – Internet images – type cut out of a newspaper

• Works are protected by copyright for the lifetime of the artist who created them, plus a further 70 years after their death.

• If the work is protected, you should consider what you intend to do with the work

• For instance, what appears to be a small element of an existing work might be considered substantial if it is particularly recognizable and integral to the new work.

• Not for money

• An educational use

• A transformation rather than just a copy of the original work

• Only small portions relative to the whole work that are used

• Directly relevant to our educational purpose

• Create a theme-based montage illustrating an idea or story.

Must include a subject Person(s), buildings, animals, plants, etc.

Must include a setting Indoor, outdoor, imaginative, multiple places Consider foreground and background

• Begin with looking through magazines for inspiration

• Theme Ideas

– Horror

– Comical

– Romantic

• Beauty of simplicity • Change versus tradition • Coming of age • Dangers of ignorance • Disillusionment and dreams • Displacement • Empowerment • Death – inevitable or tragedy • Circle of life • Chaos and order • Role of men • Technology in society – good or

bad

• Everlasting love

• Evils of racism

• Female roles

• Greed as downfall

• Identity crisis

• Materialism as downfall

• Nature as beauty

• Power of silence

• Power of wealth

• Progress – real or illusion