Modernisms 1900 - 1980

Dada and Surrealism

These two movements reconceptualized what art could be, impacting artmaking through today.

c. 1913 - 1939

Movements

Dada

Surrealism

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Fur teacups, urinals, melting clocks, and more.

Surrealism: Imagining A New World

Surrealism: Imagining A New World

André Masson, <em>Battle of Fishes</em>

André Masson, Battle of Fishes

A brief guide to Egyptian Surrealism

A brief guide to Egyptian Surrealism

Meret Oppenheim, <em>Object</em> (Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon)

Meret Oppenheim, Object (Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon)

Marcel Duchamp and the Viewer

Marcel Duchamp and the Viewer

Hannah Höch, <em>Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany</em>

Hannah Höch, Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany

Dada’s “Approximate Man”: A <em>Portrait of Tristan Tzara</em> by Marcel Janco

Dada’s “Approximate Man”: A Portrait of Tristan Tzara by Marcel Janco

Dada Performance

Dada Performance

Surrealist Techniques: Collage

Surrealist Techniques: Collage

Surrealist Photography

Surrealist Photography

Surrealist Exhibitions

Surrealist Exhibitions

Surrealist Techniques: Subversive Realism

Surrealist Techniques: Subversive Realism

Selected Contributors

Dr. Stephanie Chadwick

Dr. Tom Folland

Dr. Juliana Kreinik

Dr. Lara Kuykendall