Dadaism

Dadaism

A group of artists and writers started Dadaism during World War I as a protest against the complete degradation of European society and the monstrous destruction of the war. The name Dada originated from this nonsense attitude toward conventional language. The message was that all European culture was decadent and void of meaning. Ready made spur of the moment works were made with found objects such as typewriters, bicycle wheels or toilets which were given fascinating titles. [MH] {GB}