Dad Anti Everything Art

According to a study done by USA TODAY in 1999, World War I was ranked eighth in the top one hundred news stories of the twentieth century. The First World War was and still is one of the most historical wars to go down in history, changing the world forever. It was the first time there was a global conflict and with the introduction of new technology, millions of soldiers and civilians lost their lives. The Great War would haunt and alter the world for decades, becoming a catalyst to so many historical events to come after it. The four year long war did not end with the signing of the treaty of Versailles, it sent the world into shambles and lived on by affecting the world socially, politically, economically, psychologically and culturally. In the poems “A War Film” by Teresa Hooley, “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, “Education” by Pauline Barrington, “They” by Siegfried Sassoon and “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen, these effects of World War I are explored.

"I hope she 'll be a fool — that 's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool . . . You see, I think everything 's terrible anyhow . . . And I know. I 've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything." (The Great Gatsby, pg. 20) There was a loss of innocence, disillusionment and lack of faith in the American Dream. This became the movement known as Modernism. WWI was the first “total war” in which modern weapons spared no one. The casualties suffered by the participants in World War I dwarfed those of previous wars. The armed forces continued to use old tactics, but had modern weaponry that of which caused a major number of casualties. This war left American’s with a scar on their hearts, and in their minds. WWI changed the game completely, and after the massacres that occurred during the war, and the complete and utter destruction that was left behind, caused uproar in American values and principles. This was the start and basis for the Modernist movement.

“World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation,” once said Richard Holbrooke, an American diplomat. Many people worldwide agree with Mr. Holbrooke, believing WWI to be a waste of human lives. Known for its ridiculous start, fueled by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, and its huge impact on numerous countries earned it the title of the Great War. Though many people considered it pointless and as a war with many negative repercussions, WWI did lead to some positive outcomes, such as its art. Not only were new movements created, but also new styles of existing forms of art resulted from the war. Because of the different ways that art developed both on and off of the battlefield during the Great War, WWI is one of the most influential wars on the development of art in the twentieth century.

World War I was a war that shocked the world and brought about new emotions that created a large wave of “-isms” as well as the “lost generation” of writers. Modern art was catalyzed by World War I and without a thorough study of the various forms of art that resulted from it, modern art and the tremendous effect that World War I had on the people of the world cannot be fully understood. This historical investigation will cover a few aspects of the art that resulted from World War I so that a general idea of the emotions shared by the people of the world can be known. A few paintings that represent specific movements will be studied to understand the artistic movement. A number of museum exhibitions will be studied along with government websites, databases, and museum websites, especially from the Museum of Modern Art.

The origins of the practice of assemblage can be traced back to its early twentieth century roots based on ideas presented by Dadaists. The Dada movement was a literary and artistic movement during the First World War and further developed as a non-art movement. The main idea of Dada was to not follow a uniform rule of what an artwork entails in order to be valued. This movement was significant in the development and history of art as it challenged society with new ideas therefore provoking change in our perspective of what can be classified as aesthetically pleasing and all the possibilities of what art

Impactful across the globe, both Dada and Surrealism were artistic movements created in the early 20th century that were significant in redefining modern art today. The Dada movement came about in 1916 through the performance of Hugo Ball’s sound poem “Karawane” at the Cabaret Voltaire that he opened with his partner, nightclub singer Emmy Hennings, in Zurich, Switzerland. The poem made absolutely no sense, purposely, and it didn’t have to. Ball would also dress in wild costumes for his performances as seen below:

World War I had a more profound effect on society than wars prior. With new deadly weapons, like poison gas, high death tolls, and the first occurrence of total war, shocked the world, tearing people between the modern and the tradition. Traditional society was torn down by the destruction of the war. As with most literary movements, writers reflect the world

Definition: a type of art movement that developed in the early 20th century. The main point of the art was to display their disgust towards WW1 and the social and political happenings during that time.

Dada, known for it’s chaotic nature, indirect protesting and iconoclasm also evolved into a political movement. Rejection of artistic mastery, defying authority, overprinting, and purposeful mistakes, where all a part of what Tristain Tzara and his contemporaries were trying to succeed. Cubism, Vorticism, Orphism, Purism, and Futurism also came about because of World War I. Heavily influenced by Cubism and it’s shattered glass appearance Futurism was the most politically mind of these five movements. Somewhat akin to Dada in it’s chaotic nature Futurist’s, however, were staunchly pro war and were looking for ways to bring Italy into the present times. Purism, on the other hand, took the collage look of synthetic Cubism and modern abstract style and made

“collages employing quasi-Dadaist ideas and techniques. By utilizing a commonplace object to have more than its conventional meaning, Rand actually antedated the satire of the “objet trouvé” art movement that arose at least two decades later.” ("Art director club”)

Launched from New York, it was the forerunner for American Pop Art. The art world at this time, was controlled by strict expectations and policies, of Abstract Expressionism. This class of art focused on deep emotion, Psychiatrics, folklore, with some muse coming from the desolation of the war. This art provoked very serious, sensitive and esteemed emotions in its viewers: there was no joking around. As always, ridged boundaries and rules are meant to be broken. An uprising broke out in the art scene; artists challenged emotionally contemplative pieces with routine life. (Wolf 2015) They teased at the seriousness of Abstract Expressionism by taking objects of low regard, and blowing their importance out of proportion, by size and color. “Neo-Dada artists often encouraged viewers to use[…]critical thinking generated by contradictions, absurd juxtapositions, coded narratives, and other mixed signals[...]”(Wolf 2015). Leading into the Dada Movement, which supported the same principles of ridiculing capitalism and cultural commodities. This new faction took a more playful approach, by teasing, using humor, high contrast, and emphasis on a larger

In this essay, I will be discussing the two movements ‘Dada’ and ‘Futurism’, with reference to their conceptual contexts and representative plays, there will also be analysis to how these two movements contrast to realism/ naturalism. Links will also be made to the plays, with the use of scholarly sources to back up the argument and then coming to a final conclusion at the end of the essay.

The artists stand in front of many individuals and display their expression and passion to be judged and celebrated. Ames, Van Meter explains in the ethics journal “Art as Expression” that, “art is not so much experience as a transformation of it which may be called ‘expression.’” This statement helps further explain the expression of art and furthers the point that art requires skill and an expression of that skill. Daniel Beaty expresses his skill as an artist in the performance of his poem “Knock Knock,” in this video he truly expresses his art, captivating the audience with his memories of his father and their game. Beaty proves the expansion of what we consider art with his great expression of his poems, breaking the molds of traditional art and further disproving Harold Blooms opinion about slam

André Breton produced a few of the Surrealist Manifesto, in which he defined in them as, "Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express — verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner — the actual functioning of thought. Dictated by the thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern." (“Surrealist Manifesto" August 26, 2008) The manifesto was written with a great deal of absurdist humor, demonstrating the influence of the Dada movement, which

To preface this argument, it is vital to highlight the origins of Pop and happenings within it. Analyzing the concepts and stylistic choices behind major Pop artists like Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, and more specifically Roy Lichtenstein and his comic-style art, such as Drowning Girl, reveals evidence of the effect of the cultural shift of the 1960s on the art world, which helped to birth the Pop art movement. This analysis will begin with taking a look at Abstract Expressionism and its