chapter 26 dada, surrealism, and developments in the u.s

Chapter 26Dada, Surrealism, and Developments in the

U.S.

Artist: n/aTitle: Hugo Ball Reciting the Sound Poem “Karawane” at the Cabaret VoltaireDate: 1916

Movement: Dadaism1916-1923

The word Dada in German signifies baby talk, in French it is a child’s hobbyhorse, in Russian it translates to “yes, yes”, in the Kru African dialect it is “the tail of a sacred cow.”

nihilism – (philosophy)an extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth.

Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, 1912.

The First Ready-Made

Bicycle Wheel, 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913), Metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool, 51 x 25 x 16 1/2"

Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1963 replica of 1917 original. Porcelain, 14” high.

In Advance of the Broken Arm, August 1964 (fourth version, after lost original of November 1915), Wood and galvanized-iron snow shovel, 52" (132 cm) high

Ready-Mades

Marcel Duchamp, Replica of L.H.O.O.Q., 1919, Color reproduction of the Mona Lisa altered with a pencil, 7 3/4" x 5". Alternate version

Ready-Made-Aided

Man Ray, Le Cadeau (The Gift), 1921, Iron and nails

Man Ray, Indestructible Object (or Object to be Destroyed), 1964, replica of the original of 1923. Metronome with cut-out photograph of an eye on a pendulum, 8 7/8" x 4 3/8" x 4 3/8"

Man Ray - Dadaist first; (later joined Surrealists)

Man Ray, Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924. Photograph.

Man Ray, Untitled, c.1922. Rayograph (Photogram)

Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931, o/c; 9 1/2” x 13”

René Magritte, Time Transfixed, 1938. Oil on canvas, 4' 9 5/8" x 3' 2 3/8"

Rene Magritte, The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe), 1928, oil/canvas, 55 x 72cm.

René Magritte, The False Mirror, 1928. Oil on canvas, 21 1/4" x 21 7/8"

“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.” ~ René Magritte

Joan Miró, Dog Barking at the Moon, 1926. Oil on canvas, 28 1/4" x 26 1/4".

Frida Kahlo, Thinking About Death. 1943, Oil on canvas; 17 1/2” x 14 1/2”

Alberto Giacometti, Large Standing Woman III, 1960. 7' 8 1/2" high

Alberto Giacometti, Nude in Profile, etching, 1955, 30.8 x 5.6 cm (image)

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1957-58. Roman travertine, 16' 8" long. UNESCO Building, Paris.

Two views of Reclining Figure, 1951, Kew Gardens, London