War Collagraph

Dada

Dada

• Began in 1916 as a negative reaction against the horrors of WWI

• Rejected reason and logic• Prized nonsense, irrationality, and intuition• Rejected prevailing standards in art• Anti-war• Anti-Bourgeois

War

• What do you know about war?• Why do wars start?• Are wars necessary?• Who does war benefit?• Who does war hurt?• What do you imagine to be the horrors of

war?

Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937, Oil on Canvas, Spanish Civil War, Bombing of Guernica, Basque Country

The Fate of the Animals, Franz Marc, 1913

Stormtroops Advancing Under Gas; Otto Dix; 1924; Expressionism; Etching and Aquatint

The Third of May; Francisco Goya; 1814; Romanticism; Oil on Canvas

Assignment

• Make a list of words and images that you associate with war.

• Since we are studying Dada, you are going to design a collagraph that shows the downside of war (they were anti-war because they had recently experienced the horrors of war firsthand).

• Show the truth of war, who war affects, and how it affects the world.– Use symbols to represent these ideas.

Assignment Continued

• This will be a collagraph: collage materials onto a plate, ink it, and print it on paper.

• Look for a variety of textures to use with your symbols.

• Use small, medium, AND large images.• Nothing smack in the middle!

Collagraph Example

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Collagraph Printing Plate Example

My Example