Introduction
In this task I will be explaining the Dada movement and sophie arp by using both written and visual research. At the bottom of this task you can see all of the sources which I have used for my research.The reason I am researching the dada movement is because eventually I will be using this research to help inspire me when I am creating my own dada puppet.
Dada was the first conceptual art movement where the artist was not crafting aesthetically pleasing objects but instead was using everyday objects that could be bought to present art with little manipulation by the artist. This means that the artist wasn’t focusing on the art being beautiful but wanted the art to express a deeper meaning. The artist widely expressed his art by using poetry, photography, sculpture, painting and colleges to help provide a more power influence to other artists in other cities. The art produced is often satirical and nonsensical in nature as dada was anti-war and created his art to establish surrealism and modern society problems such as world war one. In fact the artist HansArp wrote a letter expressing that even though guns were shooting in the background the art never stopped.
Dada artist appealed that the mockery of materialistic and nationalistic attitudes is a powerful enough tool which will influence groups all over the world and aimed to change the traditional value in art to a new art and replace the old. Overall the Dada movement influenced many cities including Berlin, Hanover, Paris, New York, and Cologne. Dada Art was usually described as ‘Anti-Art’ which is a term that is used to describe art which challenge the existing accepted definitions of art and basically question art in general.
Since Dada there has been many different art movements which have also been described as ‘anti-art’ some of which have embraced the absurdities of dada. Dada art represented the opposite of everything art at the time stood for – it was not beautiful like the rest of the art but had a strong meaning Although groups in Germany did not like anti-art as much as the other groups. The art in Germany included more propaganda and political activities and the war-torn environment of Berlin dramatically impacted the ideas of Dadaists within Berlin.
The reason why the dada movement became so popular within other cities was because for many people the dada movement was a protest against the nationalists and the colonialist’s interests which many Dadaists believed caused the war. Therefore they expressed their rejection by using ‘ready made’ art to express the chaos and irrationality of the First World War. For example one of the dada artists George grosz explained how his art was intended as a protest “against this world of mutual disruption”.
The origin of dada is unclear and some believe that it is a nonsensical word which means it has little meaning although there are many theories on what dada means. For example, Dada means “yes, yes” in Romanian language whilst others believe that the reason why it is called dada movement is because the artist had a meeting as a group when a paper knife stuck into the French-German dictionary which happened to be pointing at the word Dada.
Other theories think it is because it is the Child's first word so using the word Dada explains the childishness and the absurdity which appealed to the Dada group.
I personally think the word Dada has no meaning at all in any language and the group liked how the word meant nothing in all languages but the most common theory is that Richard Huelsenbeck found the name by stabbing a dictionary with a knife. Richard Huelsenbeck was born in 1892 and by early 1917 when he was in Berlin he introduced Dada ideas and became the organiser, promoter and historian of Dada.
In fact All of the artistic principle and devices in our day and age such as literature, music, theatre and virtual arts were either promoted (if not created) by the dadaist. By 1917 they even released a Dada magazine which was published and held in art exhibits to help spread the message of anti-war. Even in 1918 when the First World War ended many of the dadaist artists went home and still carried on spreading the Dada message.
Dada movement
Dadaism is an art movement that was formed and arose during the First World War in Zurich, Switzerland. The Dada movement is consisted of artists who had a negative reaction to the war and rejected the logic, reason and the aestheticism of modern capitalist society as well as being influenced by other avant-garde movements such as cubism, futurism and expressionism.
Dada was the first conceptual art movement where the artist was not crafting aesthetically pleasing objects but instead was using everyday objects that could be bought to present art with little manipulation by the artist. This means that the artist wasn’t focusing on the art being beautiful but wanted the art to express a deeper meaning. The artist widely expressed his art by using poetry, photography, sculpture, painting and colleges to help provide a more power influence to other artists in other cities. The art produced is often satirical and nonsensical in nature as dada was anti-war and created his art to establish surrealism and modern society problems such as world war one. In fact the artist HansArp wrote a letter expressing that even though guns were shooting in the background the art never stopped.
"Dada became an international movement and eventually formed the basis of surrealism in Paris after the war.
Revolted by the butchery of the 1914 World War, we in Zurich devoted us to the arts. While the guns rumbled in the distance, we sang, painted, made collages and wrote poems with all our might."
Dada artist appealed that the mockery of materialistic and nationalistic attitudes is a powerful enough tool which will influence groups all over the world and aimed to change the traditional value in art to a new art and replace the old. Overall the Dada movement influenced many cities including Berlin, Hanover, Paris, New York, and Cologne. Dada Art was usually described as ‘Anti-Art’ which is a term that is used to describe art which challenge the existing accepted definitions of art and basically question art in general.
Since Dada there has been many different art movements which have also been described as ‘anti-art’ some of which have embraced the absurdities of dada. Dada art represented the opposite of everything art at the time stood for – it was not beautiful like the rest of the art but had a strong meaning Although groups in Germany did not like anti-art as much as the other groups. The art in Germany included more propaganda and political activities and the war-torn environment of Berlin dramatically impacted the ideas of Dadaists within Berlin.
The reason why the dada movement became so popular within other cities was because for many people the dada movement was a protest against the nationalists and the colonialist’s interests which many Dadaists believed caused the war. Therefore they expressed their rejection by using ‘ready made’ art to express the chaos and irrationality of the First World War. For example one of the dada artists George grosz explained how his art was intended as a protest “against this world of mutual disruption”.
Other theories think it is because it is the Child's first word so using the word Dada explains the childishness and the absurdity which appealed to the Dada group.
I personally think the word Dada has no meaning at all in any language and the group liked how the word meant nothing in all languages but the most common theory is that Richard Huelsenbeck found the name by stabbing a dictionary with a knife. Richard Huelsenbeck was born in 1892 and by early 1917 when he was in Berlin he introduced Dada ideas and became the organiser, promoter and historian of Dada.
In fact All of the artistic principle and devices in our day and age such as literature, music, theatre and virtual arts were either promoted (if not created) by the dadaist. By 1917 they even released a Dada magazine which was published and held in art exhibits to help spread the message of anti-war. Even in 1918 when the First World War ended many of the dadaist artists went home and still carried on spreading the Dada message.
Sources
Websiteshttp://www.theartstory.org/movement-dada.htm
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/d/dada
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/anti-art
http://www.widewalls.ch/dadaist-artists-dada/
https://prezi.com/s3tk_5plci7q/dadaism/
http://artcocktail.mallforarts.com/2014/10/dadaism-socially-active-art-movement/
http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/ek-interview-irina-and-silviu/
http://d2jv9003bew7ag.cloudfront.net/uploads/Left-Max-Ernst-Anatomie-als-Braut-Anatomie-jeune-marie%CC%81e-1921-Right-Herbert-Bayer-Lonesome-City-Dweller.jpg
https://seanborg1991.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/dada/
Sophie Taeuber
Sophie taeuber-arp was born in Davos, Switzerland in January 1889 although when her father died when she was only aged 2, her family moved to trogen which where she studied textile design at gewerbeschule for four years (1906 - 1910) She then did a extra year at Kunstgewerbeschule which is a arts and crafts school in Hamburg.In the year 1915 she met Jean “Hans” Arp at a exhibition called the tanner gallery. Jean Hans arp had previously moved to Zurich in 1915 to avoid the German army during the First World War. In 1922 they both got married and she changed her last name to ‘taeuber-arp’ Jean Arp who is also known as Hans Arp was born September 1886 and he was a german-french sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist. They both did collaborate art on a numerous of joint projects until Sophie died in 1942.
Throughout her life she was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect and dancer. She got involved in the Zurich dada movement and in 1920, 2 years before jean and Sophie got married, she met and solicited with over four dozen Dadaist artists which were Taeuber-Arp, Jean Arp, Jean Cocteau, Marcel DuChamp, and Hannah Hoch.
They originally planed to use text and images to create a dada work called the dadaglobe although the project was abandoned when its main backer distanced himself.
She became the key figure to many of the important movements of the pre-world war 2 art scene in Europe taking part in the in Dada-inspired performances as a dancer, choreographer, and puppeteer, and she designed puppets, costumes and sets for performances at the Cabaret Voltaire as well as for other Swiss and French theatres. She also made a number of sculptural works, such as a set of abstract "Dada Heads" made out of polychromed wood.
Many museums around the world have her work in their collections and her work is now generally accepted as the first rank of classical modernism which is part of the philosophical movement.
Sophie Taeuber puppets were normally painted in bright colors to present a frontal view and everyday objects. Her puppets look quite simple and she used basic elements to create her puppets. For instance in the image below you can see one of her puppets, it has a turned wooden pear shaped head which was common in her designs. You can see how she has used basic elements such as ovals to create the legs and arms, it doesn't look to difficult to create. When I am creating my puppet I want it mainly to be inspired by the puppet below, I like her dress and her hair.
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