“Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany” - Hannah Höch
What is Dadaism?
Dadaism, also known as DADA art in Weimar Germany, was used to study the relationship between art and politics during the 1920s, which were said to be very similar. Dadaism artists were also using many daily-life objects to create art. It started in 1915s and lasted between 1920s-1930s.
Kurt Schwitters
Born: 20 June 1887 in Germany
Died: 8 January 1948 in England
He was working with different art styles. In 1918 he joined Dada Berlin art group and started working with Dadaism.
Merzbild - Rossfett (1919) - Kurt Schwitter
In this artwork the author used many daily-life things, such as newspaper clippings and train tickets. It is one of his most popular collages.
Construction for Noble Ladies (1919) - Kurt Schwitters
Dada abstraction artwork. He used many items that he found and used them in his collage. He used paper, wood, fabric and metal.
Hannah Höch
Born: 1 November 1889
Died: 31 May 1978
Worked with art since she was a child. Her most popular art works are from Dada art during Weimar Germany.
The Beautiful Girl (1920) - Hannah Höch
Dadaism art collage shows the “New Woman” of the Weimar Germany. Women got more rights and freedom during that time, but they were still less employed than men. This artwork combines feminine parts with car parts. Although women had more freedom now, men were still the ones in power.
Indian Dancer (1930) - Hannah Höch
Collage art work. It represents educational fairness, portraits and woman. At the top of the girl’s head there are cutout shapes of spoons, knifes and spoons made from glinting metallic foil. Her face is replaced with the ear, eye, and mouth of a wooden dance mask from Cameroon.
George Grosz
Born: 26 July, 1893
Died: 6 July, 1959
He liked to work with caricature and got most famous for his paintings of Berlin.
He was the founder of the Dada Berlin and was using his artworks to attack Bourgeois supporters of the Weimar Republic.
Gefährliche Straße (1918) - George Grosz
This painting shows Berlin’s moral and physicals chaos. Two days after the Kaiser abdicated, on November 11 the pact was signed. George Grosz said that he was disappointed, not because the war was lost but because lots of people had suffered.
The Funeral (1918) - George Grosz
The painting shows a funeral process in a modern urban city as an infernal abyss populated by twisted attendant. The painting is dedicated to a Germany psychiatrist Oskar Panizza.
