Comparison Between Dada And Pop Art

Dada and Pop art are two different periods of time that were both created after incidents that had left the world in devastation. Dada was the idea that anything could be classified as art. Whist Pop art was the idea that everyday items, such as consumer goods, along with mass media, was the straightforward style of life; and made art out of these. Two of the biggest artists around to the world who were a part of these times 2 eras; Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) of the Dada and Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) who was a part of the Pop art. With two of their biggest influenced artworks being; Bicycle - Marcel Duchamp and Big Electric Chair - Andy Warhol. Although each of the periods of time was created on something completely different, there are still

Both movements used what was considered non-traditional motifs. (Bartleby, 2016) Both of the movements had questioned society about; What is meant to be art? Along with challenging the boundaries of art and being judged for what they created. Another similarity is that they used everyday objects to be the subject of their art piece. The difference between dada and pop art is that Dada was the majority in black and white, while Pop Art used a large variety of colours. The artworks that I have chosen to present, were Big Electric Chair, and Bicycle Wheel. These similarities and differences listed above are all applied to these works. The colours are different and unique to that artwork, along with the fact that each is based on a piece of furniture relative to that specific time period, a

Along with knowing that both pieces were created in post-war times and in this specific period of time, many were judged and criticized for being different. Both movement believing that anything can be art and that you can make art however you like and can still classify it as beauty. Finally, Dada will always be remembered for how they used already still and made items and turned them into something aesthetic and questioning and Pop Art will always be known for making anything into art if you tampered with it. Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp were the two biggest influences of their time, with their names being remembered for many years to