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were wholly sensational. The Paris section of Dada deftly demonstrates the lengths to which these

to create this manray inspired effect. I digitally

artists would go in their attempts to shake up the

manipulated the image by inverting the image

post-war status quo.

to get simulate the images that were produce at

The first major museum exhibition in the

the time. The Manray image were objects that

United States to focus exclusively on the brief but

were placed onto photo sensitive paper and left

hugely influential movement, Dada surveys the six

to expose and the outcome were similar to todays

principal cities in which its artists worked between

invert image.

1916 and 1924. This exhibition represents nearly

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Following in the tradition of the artistic

fifty artists in over 400 pieces including paintings,

comradery Paris had become known for, many

collage, photomontage, readymade constructions,

artists previously active elsewhere found themselves

photographs and printed matter.

living and working in the city between the years 1920

The Museum of Modern Art, New York is the

and 1923. Hans Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst,

third and final venue for Dada, seen previously at

Man Ray, Francis Picabia and the poet Tristan Tzara

the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., from

were among the Dadaists who collaborated to bring

February 19 to May 14, 2006 and in its first, slightly

Paris its “Dada Season.� Part spectacle and part

variational form at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, from

scandal, their slew of exhibitions, performances,

October 5, 2005 to January 9, 2006.

readings, publications and printed press editorials

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N C I L The public, of course, was revulsed -- which the Dadaists found wildly encouraging. Enthusiasm being contagious, the (non)movement spread from Zurich to other parts of Europe and New York City. And just as mainstream artists were giving it serious consideration, in the early 1920s, Dada (true to form) dissolved itself.


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