Kim Prati

SLM -521

Last updated 3/20/06

To celebrate the current Dada exhibition at The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.(Feb 19 - May 13, 2006), we'll visit the NGA web site and expand our ideas about what art is!

Dada was a worldwide movement or "anti-art" movement that was, in part, a response to World War I. Dada challenged all art and traditions that existed before it. Everything was art. Nothing was art. This movement that proclaimed "Art is Dead" changed the course of modern art.

Your quest today is to find out more about one of the artists that participated in this movement. Click on the link below to start your research:

Choose one of the 21 artists listed of the left side of your screen and click on the name. Read the biography in the center of the page. After you've read the artist biography, be sure to note the picture of the artist on the right side of the page. Below the picture, click on the link titled "View works by this artist".

Then, print out this page and complete the artist summary and timeline below.

I. Artist Summary:

Name:

Date Born:

Date Died:

Country of Birth:

II. Describe the artist's work or his/her philosophy.

III. Timeline

Fill out the timeline with at least 6 meaningful dates in the artist's lifetime. We'll discuss these further in class.