April 15, 2007
During World War II Dadaism, a rebellious form of art, was used to mirror the reality of our world. It consisted mostly of raw photographic art collaged together, to make a visual protest. These protests were created to shock, astonish, and often times offend viewers as an expression of disapproval of our current state of affairs. For example, one of the popular anti-war related images of the Dada movement was that of the war-cripple.
Today I think we still have art that’s meant to shock as a means of protest, but it’s not referred to as Dadaism. Our modern forms of protest art have expanded to everything from photographs to movies, books, and TV. It includes mostly everything that touches our freedom of speech. Since we live in a world of mass media (satellites, TV, cable, international magazines, newspapers and the Internet) protest art is far more reaching than that of the original Dada movement. Although the way we view protest art may have expanded, we still struggle with the same issues of our past, specifically the issue of war (i.e. Vietnam, The first Gulf War, and the current war in Iraq).
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Dear Nicole,
this is a wonder statement! Your critical thinking skills are outstanding. What would I give to have a mind like yours.
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