Geometric prints and drawings from the collection
One of the founders of the Dada movement in Zurich in 1916, Arp challenged existing notions of art and experimented with spontaneous and seemingly irrational methods of artistic creation. This work is one of several collages he made by scattering torn rectangular pieces of paper onto a paper support. He and other Dada artists embraced the notion of chance as a way of relinquishing control. This kind of depersonalization of the creative process would influence many subsequent generations of artists.
Dada
Accounts by several Dadaists describe how Arp made chance collages such as this one. He would tear paper into pieces, drop them onto a larger sheet, and paste each scrap wherever it happened to fall. The relatively ordered appearance of Arps collages suggests the artist did not fully relinquish artistic control. Skeptical of reason in the wake of World War I, Arp and other Dadaists turned to chance as an antidote.
Accounts by several Dadaists describe how Arp made chance collages such as this one. He would tear paper into pieces, drop them onto a larger sheet, and paste each scrap wherever it happened to fall. The relatively ordered appearance of Arps collages suggests the artist did not fully relinquish artistic control. Skeptical of reason in the wake of World War I, Arp and other Dadaists turned to chance as an antidote.
Gianfranco Maletti
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