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Who knew I would be proud to post a urinal fountain on my blog!
Which Art Movement Are You? (pictures)
You're Dadaism! Do you know what the "dada" stand for in dadaism? Nothing - it's gibberish nonsense meant to imitate something a baby might say, but it describes perfectly the meaning of dadaism. Dadaists, who worked mainly in the early 1900's, protested the traditional way of thinking and thought that people are absolutely incapable of saying anything meaningful to one another, which is why all kind of art is basically as stupid of meaningless as anything else. To demonstrate this, they made confusing works of art which seemed to mock people's idea of art using the the so-called "ready-made" technique, which means taking one or two random objects (like a spatula and a toilet seat. Usually they used things they'd just found somewhere), wrote their signatures in them and voila - a new fantastic piece of art was finished. Dadaists aimed to provoke - it was said that dadaist playwrights considered their plays a success if the audience bursted out furiously before the show was over. Go figure. Famous Dadaists: Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp Picture: The Urinal-Fountain by Marcel Duchamp - Marcel Duchamp painted some fantastic paintings, too, but he is more known of his delibarately confusing and very humorous ready-made "sculptures" which celebrate the mockery dadaism was all about. Duchamp took everyday items, such as this glorious urinal here, finished them with his own signature, and then gave them names which nothing to do with the objects' original functions. Slightly confusing, yet absolutely brilliant.
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Which Art Movement Are You? (pictures)
You're Dadaism! Do you know what the "dada" stand for in dadaism? Nothing - it's gibberish nonsense meant to imitate something a baby might say, but it describes perfectly the meaning of dadaism. Dadaists, who worked mainly in the early 1900's, protested the traditional way of thinking and thought that people are absolutely incapable of saying anything meaningful to one another, which is why all kind of art is basically as stupid of meaningless as anything else. To demonstrate this, they made confusing works of art which seemed to mock people's idea of art using the the so-called "ready-made" technique, which means taking one or two random objects (like a spatula and a toilet seat. Usually they used things they'd just found somewhere), wrote their signatures in them and voila - a new fantastic piece of art was finished. Dadaists aimed to provoke - it was said that dadaist playwrights considered their plays a success if the audience bursted out furiously before the show was over. Go figure. Famous Dadaists: Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp Picture: The Urinal-Fountain by Marcel Duchamp - Marcel Duchamp painted some fantastic paintings, too, but he is more known of his delibarately confusing and very humorous ready-made "sculptures" which celebrate the mockery dadaism was all about. Duchamp took everyday items, such as this glorious urinal here, finished them with his own signature, and then gave them names which nothing to do with the objects' original functions. Slightly confusing, yet absolutely brilliant.
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posted by Patti B. at
4:26 PM
1 Comments:
I know, I know - how often have I looked at some 'art' and yes Dadaisms and thought why I could do that - why am I not getting the big bucks for my trash.
To give them credit I have seen some pieces that were put together uniqtly.
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doubleknot, at 11:03 AM
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