1) The dada movement happened in the first world war from 1916 to 1922 and the movement began as an attempt to protest against the world war and get there point across.2) dada began in Zurich, Switzerland and spread to berlin thats where all the artists decided to use abstraction to fight against all the social, political and cultural ideas of that time .
3) This international movement was begun by a group of artists and poets associated with the cabaret voltaire in Zurich. The main artists that where involved with dadaism where hugo ball, emmy henings, triton tzara, jean arp, marcel janco, richerd huelsenbeck, sophie tauber, hans richter and others... they made discussed art and put on performances in cabaret volitare to express their discussed with the war and the interest that inspired it.
4) Dada was born out of negative reaction to the horrors of world war 1. the artists where rebelling agains the war threw art they wanted to get the point across that there was anger against the war so they used there art to create a moment of fury. Dada rejected reason and logic, prizing nonsense, irrationality and intuition.
5) on july 14 1916 hugo ball recited the first manifesto. And then in 1917 tzara wrote a second dada manifesto was considered one of the most important writings. witch was published in 1918.
6) fountain dadaism was made by marcle duchamp.Fountain is one of Duchamp's most famous works and is widely seen as an icon of twentieth-century art. The original, which is now lost, consisted of a standard urinal, laid flat on its back rather than upright in its usual position, and signed 'R. Mutt 1917'. The Tate's work is a 1964 replica and is made from glazed earthenware painted to resemble the original porcelain.
Submitted for the exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists in 1917,Fountain was rejected by the committee, even though the rules stated that all works would be accepted from artists who paid the fee.
Consider the Fountain and it's importance in relation to the whole history of art.
