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Dadaism was an avant-garde artistic and cultural movement prompted by the European societal climate after World War I.

It was a rejection of modern capitalism, bourgeois culture, and wartime politics that aligned with other far-left radical groups. This was expressed through the use of non-traditional art materials, satire, and nonsensical content.

Even the movement’s name, ‘Dada’, was meant to be a word with no meaning.

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Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp (16 September – 7 June ), better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter and poet.

Below are 12 iconic artworks that characterize this postwar art movement.

1. Marcel Duchamp, Fountain (1917)

Marcel Duchamp was one of the most prolific artists of Dadaism, producing numerous infamous paintings, collages and sculptures.

He is also associated with Cubism, Futurism, and early conceptual art. He has had a monumental influence on 20th-century modernist art, specifically sculpture. His work reached maturity after World War I when he began using art as a tool for cultural protest.

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