The Dada artists approached art with an ‘anti’ attitude; anti-war, anti-art, anti-conventionalism. The movement had an anarchistic nature, which was irreverent to the standards and traditions of art. Dada artists produced works that appropriated and alluded to other artworks or everyday, mundane objects, as opposed to designing something from scratch. The aim of the Dadaists was to obliterate the customs of art and redefine it as something different; they chose to create works to deliberately shock, alarm and astonish audiences. Ready-mades were commonly used by the Dada artists.
Salvador Dali’s ‘Lobster Telephone’ (1936) is a clear example of the Dada art movement, and as the title suggests, it is a sculpture of a telephone with a lobster for a receiver. As with many Dada artworks this was a controversial piece of art. It is noticeably an appropriation of an everyday object; a telephone paired with a lobster, the use of visual pun makes the viewer question the meaning of art, and what exactly art could be defined as.
Post by Lauren Trangmar
Salvador Dali’s ‘Lobster Telephone’ (1936) is a clear example of the Dada art movement, and as the title suggests, it is a sculpture of a telephone with a lobster for a receiver. As with many Dada artworks this was a controversial piece of art. It is noticeably an appropriation of an everyday object; a telephone paired with a lobster, the use of visual pun makes the viewer question the meaning of art, and what exactly art could be defined as.
Post by Lauren Trangmar