GaGa 4 DaDa

Materials: ( Don’t need ) Acrylic paint on Bristol board

Objectives: 1) To use key elements and principles of design in conjunction with the

colors black, white and grey, in order to move the viewer through 2D space,

2) To create a composition that draws conceptual and aesthetic inspiration

from the Dada Art Movement,

3) To define for yourself the connections between images and cultural

values AND in particular how Dada art can be used to comment on

today’s turbulent world events.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWLoXziXC4 (Links to an external site.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–E0g_s7Fi8 (Links to an external site.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed1NfFMkYmE (Links to an external site.)

1 – First I would like you to watch all three documentaries. Then I would like you write a one-page response. (See required technical specs below) What were one or two things you learned about the art of the early 20thcentury? What are your opinions of Hitler’s denunciation of modern art? And finally, what do think of Dada art?

2 – Next, I would like you to think about the two tenets of Dada art as proposed by Jim Moir’s conversation between he and the artist, Cornelia Parker. One tenet is the political aim of Dada art and the mother is the absurd.

3 – Now you are ready to begin preliminary sketches. Choose one of the two above tenets, the political or the absurd, for this project. I will demonstrate the absurd. You will create an image from two images from a newspaper, magazine or the internet. You will first collage these two images together, then simplify that image and finally paint it. As an option, you can choose a word to go with your idea. My idea will use the word, dumb, using a Dada-inspired aesthetic. I will surprise you with my collaged image in my PowerPoint Presentation.

4 – ( Don’t need ) For your materials, you will be using one sheet of Bristol board, sized at 14” x 17” and black acrylic paint. Your final painting will have a two-inch Bristol board frame. It can be a portrait or landscape format. This makes your image window 10” x 13”.

You will need to paint your composition using the grey scale. You will use a total of nine values of paint starting with pure white and then light grey, medium grey, dark grey and finally pure black. There can be no white background.

There is a sample PPT that will help you. you can work in a white paper or Ipad