MoMA and Dada

     What is Dada and why did it come into existence?

        - artists who made fun of anything that contributed to the war

·      Discuss Duchamp’s notion of “Readymades”.  What are they?

        - things that are already made but the position of them is changed

·      How do they change your expectations about what art can be?

        - anything can be art

·      Include a visual of Duchamp’s work

        

     Dada artists turned to non-art making strategies…

o   What did they embrace?

         - not-so-common works

o   Why did they take this approach?

         - anti-war

·      Include a visual example

    

     What is the value of art made by Dadaists?

         -that it is anti-art

     How and why did Dada artists work with words?

         -the idea of chance

·      Include a visual example