exquisite corpse

Surrealism in art is unnerving, illogical scenes, that are created from strange creatures from everyday objects. This relates to the exquisite corpse because each person's different, unique ideas came together to create one. 

Dada studio experimentation

MoMA & Dada

Dada art emerged after World War 1. It is called anti-art because artists were outraged about the war and mocked everything that contributed to the war. 

Marcel Duchamp was a pioneer of Dada art. Duchamp began presenting everyday objects as art. The readymade defied the notion that art must be beautiful.  This changed my expectations of what art can be because it made me think about all of the creativity and thought that goes into making everyday objects- similar to the creativity and thought that might go into a painting or sculpture. 

Dada artists embraced the idea that anything can be art. They wanted to create anti-art to mock the war and created things by chance rather than planning their pieces out in advance.

Dadaists believed that the value of art lay not in the work produced, but in the act of making and collaborating with others to create new visions of the world.


Dadaists wanted to undermine the structure of their society which largely included the language. By symbolically cutting up the language so that someone could recognize the letters but no the meaning, they were able to represent their feelings on society.

Questions About Art

1.     What is a work of art?  Describe qualities found in artworks.

A work of art is  a creative product. Some qualities found in artwork are emotion, expression, craftsmanship, aesthetic, and creativity. 

2.     What should an artwork provide to both the maker and the viewer?

Artwork should provide a viewer with some type of emotion or reaction that comes from the artwork and the artist with a way to express something. 

3.     Why do people make art?

People make art for many reasons. Some of them may be; to seek personal enjoyment, to express thoughts and feelings, to communicate, to provide an emotional reaction, or to tell a story.

4.     Where does one encounter art?

Art can be found almost anywhere. Not only is art in museums and galleries, but it is also seen in a persons everyday life. Advertisements and media are new forms of art that are seen by people almost every minute of their days. Some people would even argue that tools, technology, and generally anything that someone had to create can be considered as art. This would make it so that everywhere a person goes they are encountering some form of art.

5.     What is the role of the artist?

The role of the artist is to create something that displays their idea, invokes a reaction, feeling, or use to a viewer.

Dada Chance Poem

Don't look for happiness, create it

Create it happiness for don't look