Theo van Doesburg (Christian Emil Marie Küpper; Dutch, 1883-1931) and Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887-1948). Small Dada Evening (Kleine Dada Soirée), 1922.

According to its proponents, Dada was not art, it was “anti-art.” For everything that art stood for, Dada was to represent the opposite. Where art was concerned with traditional aesthetics, Dada ignored aesthetics. If art was to appeal to sensibilities, Dada was intended to offend. Through their rejection of traditional culture and aesthetics the Dadaists hoped to destroy traditional culture and aesthetics.

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