Dada

Dada was an avant-garde art movement born from rebellion, irony, and disillusionment. Emerging during World War I, it rejected traditional values, logic, and established artistic conventions. Dada artists embraced absurdity, chance, and provocation as a response to the chaos of the modern world.

Rather than beauty or technical skill, Dada emphasized ideas and concepts. Everyday objects were transformed into art through readymades, collage, and assemblage. Poetry, performance, and visual art often overlapped, blurring the boundaries between disciplines. Humor, satire, and shock were essential tools of expression.

Dada challenged the very definition of art and artistic authority. Though intentionally anti-art, it had a profound influence on later movements such as Surrealism and Conceptual art. Dada remains a powerful symbol of creative freedom and radical questioning.