Tag Archives: Dada Art

dada: nothing is by accident

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Dave

It began with an ironic and anarchic temper with origins in eighteenth century skepticism which was subsequently absorbed into the culture of urban and metropolitan thought processes through Baudelaire and Manet among others and it all came to a scrappy … Continue reading →

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dada dum dada not so dum

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Dave

Unsureness and confusion, in the sphere of Dada opinion, became a positive value, and one that had lethal effect of what could be termed systems of hierarchy and classification. Like Alfred Jarry, dada postulated a “pataphysical” logic of absurdity that … Continue reading →

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and the beat drones on

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

The war on terror. Its long way from those hobby remote controlled planes of forty years ago with 1200 horsepower twenty-eight foot wingspan weapons of today.  The aesthetics of the war on terror, frightingly, resemble the artistic sensibilities of Marinetti’s … Continue reading →

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cringing at reminders of the adventurous

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) so far as i know, his is the only surviving copy of the poster i made for my very first showing of my ‘work’ in a gallery space. it dates back to (i think) 1977 … Continue reading →

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like Dada like son

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Dave

Henry Jenkins is the digital media guru who made the ”if it doesn’t spread its dead” stick as a mantra for today’s media culture where events and personalities are able to get exposure over different media platforms in which each … Continue reading →

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Not a Sugar Dada's Girl

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Dave

Hannah Höch( 1889-1978) is best known as one of the originators of the medium of photomontage, and the only female member of the Berlin Dada group, an artistic grouping which protested the unprecedented destruction of World War I by putting … Continue reading →

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