The first major museum exhibition in the United States to focus exclusively on the brief but hugely influential movement, Dada surveys the six principal cities in which its artists worked between 1916 and 1924. This exhibition represents nearly fifty artists in over 400 pieces including paintings, collage, photomontage, readymade constructions, photographs and printed matter.
Dada, as it occurred in Hannover, was basically Kurt Schwitters' one-man show. Denied membership in Berlin's Club Dada for not being "political enough," he formed the Dada sub-movement of Merz (a fragment of the word "Kommerz," taken from a bank's newspaper advertisement and incorporated into an early piece). Though Merz' membership was limited to Schwitters, he often collaborated with other Dadaists. The Hannover section of Dada is notable for containing four of Schwitters' limited amount of large-scale assemblages and collages.
To view any of the other five galleries, please see the Dada at MoMA index page.
Dada, as it occurred in Hannover, was basically Kurt Schwitters' one-man show. Denied membership in Berlin's Club Dada for not being "political enough," he formed the Dada sub-movement of Merz (a fragment of the word "Kommerz," taken from a bank's newspaper advertisement and incorporated into an early piece). Though Merz' membership was limited to Schwitters, he often collaborated with other Dadaists. The Hannover section of Dada is notable for containing four of Schwitters' limited amount of large-scale assemblages and collages.
To view any of the other five galleries, please see the Dada at MoMA index page.
