National Gallery opens dada exhibit

National Gallery opens dada exhibit

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Washington`s National Gallery of Art has launched a 447-work exhibit devoted to the irreverent dada art movement.
The brief movement launched in Switzerland during World War I was a nonsensical protest against the war, The Washington Post said.
The six capital cities of dada -- Zurich, Berlin, Cologne, Hanover, New York and Paris -- are all represented in the National Gallery`s exhibit.
Although much of dada is sheer silliness, several of the compositions paved the way to more legitimate forms of art down the road, such as the minimalist movement that began 50 years later in the United States, the Post noted.
The exhibit includes abstract sculptures and collages as well as pioneering sounds and documentation of performance art of the time.
Admission to the National Gallery is free.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Washington`s National Gallery of Art has launched a 447-work exhibit devoted to the irreverent dada art movement.
The brief movement launched in Switzerland during World War I was a nonsensical protest against the war, The Washington Post said.
The six capital cities of dada -- Zurich, Berlin, Cologne, Hanover, New York and Paris -- are all represented in the National Gallery`s exhibit.
Although much of dada is sheer silliness, several of the compositions paved the way to more legitimate forms of art down the road, such as the minimalist movement that began 50 years later in the United States, the Post noted.
The exhibit includes abstract sculptures and collages as well as pioneering sounds and documentation of performance art of the time.
Admission to the National Gallery is free.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International