Exquisite Corpse

This picture was made by having 4 people draw separate parts of a body without seeing what the previous people drew. By doing this we all created a unique and creative part of a body. It relates to surrealism because it releases the creativity in the unconscious mind. Each person drew something completely different. Everyone was creative in how and what they drew. I think this was a good intro to surrealism because we all experienced a different creative image.

Dada Final

I really liked making these abstract pictures. It was a little weird at first but once I started I just wanted to try a bunch of different things. I'm really happy with how they turned out. They aren't plain like most commercial pieces. They are interesting and unique to the artist. 

This project ties in with dada because its abstract and random. I didn't think about what i was going to do. I just did it. They are very different pieces of artwork that some people might find weird, which is what many people had thought about dada. Overall I liked the project and I'm really proud of how they turned out. 

Dada Studio Experimentation

Questions about Art

1.     What is a work of art?  Describe qualities found in artworks.
A work of art is something that is visually pleasing that someone has made. 

2.     What should an artwork provide to both the maker and the viewer?
Artwork should provide something interesting and capturing to the viewer. Art should be fun and enjoyable to the artist and let them express themselves.

3.     Why do people make art?
People make art to share their thoughts, and feeling with others. Also it is a way for someone to express themselves in a different and unique way.

4.     Where does one encounter art?
One encounters art almost everywhere everyday. Art is all around us. 

5.     What is the role of the artist?
The role of the artist is to create the art that others view. 

MoMa & Dada

World War I and Dada
What is Dada and why did it come into existence?
Dada is an untraditional style of art that pushed the boundaries that were previously established. It came into existence during the first world war. 

Marcel Duchamp and the Readymade

·      Discuss Duchamp’s notion of “Readymades”.  What are they?
He believed that common, manufactured goods are art. This challenged the thought that art had to be beautiful made by a skilled person.

How do they change your expectations about what art can be?
This changes expectations of what art is because you can look at anything and say that is art. You can look at anything and say someone took time to make this and this classifies as art. 

Chance Creations: Collage, Photomontage, and Assemblage

·      Dada artists turned to non-art making strategies…

o   What did they embrace?
Artists embraced and critiqued modernity. They started making collage, photomontage, and assemblage.
Why did they take this approach?

They took references from newspapers, film, and advertisements that defined everyday life. It was a form of protest and critiquing the increasingly mechanized, violent world in which they lived. 

Artist Collaboration

·      What is the value of art made by Dadaists?
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.

Word Play

·      How and why did Dada artists work with words?
These experiments were meant to expose the relationship between words and their meanings.