| Neo-Dadaism - The Concept | | | | movements, such as Assemblage Art (origin |
| Neo-Dada is the term given to the mid 20th | | | | 1950), Pop Art (origin late 1950s), Nouveau |
| century, 1958 to be specific, art movement, | | | | Realism (origin 1960), Happenings (origin 1957), |
| including Fine Arts, literature, theatre, and graphic | | | | Junk Art (origin 1960s), and Fluxus (origin 1960s), |
| design, which was similar to the earlier Dada | | | | gained momentum. Neo-Dadaism formally ended in |
| artworks. This genre challenged the concept of | | | | 1962. |
| 'Aestheticism' associated with the traditional form | | | | The Artists |
| of art and extended the boundaries of the | | | | In 1958, the first bunch of artists were |
| category arts. | | | | designated Neo-Dadaists. They were American |
| The History | | | | artists Jasper Johns (born 1930), Robert |
| In 1960, American art historian & critic | | | | Rauschenber, and Kaprow Allan (1927-2006). |
| Barbara Rose (born 1938) helped promote the | | | | Marcel Duchamp (French - 1887-1968) and Kurt |
| term 'Neo-Dada.' The same year, another | | | | Schwitters (German - 1887-1948) are considered |
| American art critic Irvin Sandler (born 1925) | | | | as the strong influences to the Neo-Dadaism. The |
| explained the term as "an avant-garde fad." Two | | | | versatile Robert Rauschenberg delivered |
| years later, Neo dada was considered the most | | | | exemplary artworks in right from painting to |
| popular and talked about art movement. An | | | | performance art to collage. He had challenged the |
| alternate name 'Junk Culture' was also given by | | | | modernist outlook of paintings, art, and sculpture |
| English art critic Lawrence Alloway (1926-90) to | | | | as a spiritual journey and believed that there was |
| describe the artwork of the likes of American | | | | no limit to creativity. He felt life was open to art. |
| artists Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) and | | | | Owing to his revolutionary approach and |
| Claes Oldenburg (born 1929). | | | | disinterest in typical art style, formal art critics |
| The Details | | | | hated him. |
| In the art mediums other than painting, like | | | | Some other artists include Nam June Paik |
| performance, dance, films, and Installation Art, | | | | (Korean-American - 1932-2006), Joseph Beuys |
| Neo-Dadaists used their own bodies as the base. | | | | (German - 1921-86), Yoko Ono |
| Even unsettling or threatening performances | | | | (Japanese-American - born 1933), Yves Klein |
| involving destruction, violence, and aggression did | | | | (French - 1928-62), Jean Follett, Edward |
| not deter them. | | | | (American - 1927-94) and Nancy Reddin Kienholz |
| The Correlations | | | | (American - born 1943), and Jim Dine (American - |
| Neo-Dadaist works include the ones faring | | | | born 1935). |
| between Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. | | | | Recently, the term Neo Dadaists was used to |
| The artworks themed on everyday life, visual | | | | refer to an international group of art performers |
| philosophy, and/or spirituality, with a focus of | | | | from Kroesos Foundation, led by Mark Divo. In |
| depicting positivity and optimism in life. This | | | | 2002, they took over the origin point of Dadaism, |
| inspiring art form came to people's notice towards | | | | Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. They displayed their |
| the end of the Abstract Expressionist (origin | | | | artworks there, until they were evicted on Mar |
| 1950s) reign and dispersed as the other similar | | | | 02, 2002. |