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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Dada 1916-1924

Dada was an art movement in Europe in the early 20th century. The movement primarily involved the arts, and concentrated its antiwar politics. In addition to being anti-war, Dada was also anti-bourgeois and had politically sided with the radical left. The movement was unstable by 1924 in Paris, Dada was melding into surrealism.

Marcel Duchamps, Fountain, 1917
The work is regarded by some art historians of the avant-garde as a major landmark in 20th-century art.

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