Dada artists

Hannah Höch, Flight

Man Ray

The artistic movements born in the twentieth century were fundamental to the development of modern and contemporary art. One of these currents was Dadaism.

Think about it: one hundred years ago, in 1916, two women were speaking truth to power, breaking down gender and racial stereotypes ... using art.

Georges Maciunas /Fluxus When an artist named George Maciunas looked up the word "flux" in the dictionary in 1960, he found seventeen definitions. "Flux" can be used as a verb, an adjective, or a noun. The multiplicity of the word made it the perfect term for the art movement he was in the proces

‘Portrait of Andre Breton’ by Man Ray, c. 1930 Europe after the Rain, the Arts Council of Great Britain’s 1978 documentary on Dada and Surrealism, looks at the careers of André Breton, Tristan Tzara, Salvador Dalí, Antonin Artaud, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Kurt Schwitters, Yves Tanguy, John Heartfield, Giorgio de Chirico, Francis Picabia and René Magritte, among others. Sure, there are better ways to see these artists’ work than on YouTube, but this film is worth watching, because it makes…

The Agitator (1920) Conrad Felixmüller (b. 21 May 1897 in Dresden - d. 24 March 1977 in Berlin) was a German Expressionist painter. Born in as Conrad Felix Müller, he chose Felixmüller as his nom d'artiste. One of the youngest members of the New Objectivity movement, Felixmüller was also a member of the Communist Party of Germany. His paintings often deal with the social realities of Germany's Weimar Republic. He was mentor to German expressionist, Otto Dix.

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Raoul Hausmann’s Self-portrait of the Dadasopher, collage- photomontage, 1920. Raoul Hausmann, Austrian (1886-1971) Mechanical Head (Spirit of Our Age), ca. 1920 Hairdresser’s wigmaking dummy…

"Fashion Show" (1925-1935) by Hannah Hoch