'''Dadaism,''' or '''Dada,''' was a movement in art in from 1916 to 1922 that produced a wide variety of visual, performed, and written art. Dadaists were largely anti-war, and even "anti-art." Their work questioned and challenged conceptions about what art was and what it meant and was designed to shock the viewer, purportedly to awaken the imagination. Prominent artists included [[Arp]] and [[Kurt Schwitters]]. They had a significant influence on later [[modernistic]] art trends, particularly [[surrealism]]. | '''Dadaism,''' or '''Dada,''' was a movement in art in from 1916 to 1922 that produced a wide variety of visual, performed, and written art. Dadaists were largely anti-war, and even "anti-art." Their work questioned and challenged conceptions about what art was and what it meant and was designed to shock the viewer, purportedly to awaken the imagination. Prominent artists included [[Arp]] and [[Kurt Schwitters]]. They had a significant influence on later [[modernistic]] art trends, particularly [[surrealism]]. |