Because our course is covering "Foundations of Western Art," I don't think that we will cover modern art of the twentieth century. But I still wanted to talk about it. One form of modern art is Dadasim. This form of art started as a protest to end all wars, World War I specifically. Looking at Dadaists, the question of what makes art often rose. Most of the art from the Dada movement rejected the cultural norms and created new and inventive forms of expression. My favorite artist, and the father of Dadaism, is French artist, Marcel Duchamp. While he did paint, he created art by putting objects together--"readymades," such as mounting a bike wheel on a kitchen stool. His most famous piece of art was a readymade of a porcelain urinal he signed R. Mutt. Above is a picture of his piece, "Fountain" (1917). Duchamp's new unconventional style of art opened the doors for other avant-garde forms of art. I really like this type of art because it is so unorthodox. Seeing how a urinal or random objects put together can be declared as art is amazing because it shows how innovative and creative people can be. There is so much more than can be done. The art of Dada may be crazy, or just ridiculous, but it is still art, and there still needs to be respect to shown to the Dadaists and their pieces. To find out more, click on Dada.
