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| Creative Glossary > Art Styles/Movements > Dada |
| Term: |
Dada |
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General |
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1916-1920s
The Dada movement included a heavy undercurrent of a spontaneity and chance. It emerged among European writers and artists starting around 1915 and lasting until 1922. The term “Dada” was coined by Tristan Tzara who stabbed a dictionary with a knife in the effort to create a name for the growing movement. Artists and writers of the time were growingly becoming fed up with the killings and atmosphere created from World War One; as a result, they tried to shake people up to take notice and to change things. Key artists of the movement include; George Grosz, Otto Dix, Hans Richter, Jean Arp, and Marcel Duchamp.
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