Marcel Janco
Israeli, born Romania, 1895–1984
Composition with Red Arrow
INV-1744
Marcel Janco
Israeli, born Romania, 1895–19841918
Composition with Red Arrow
Marcel Janco Israeli, born Romania, 1895–1984 →paintingmodern and contemporary art
Date
1918
Medium
Plaster and casein on burlap, mounted on cardboard
Dimensions
50.2 × 66.7 cm (19 3/4 × 26 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Markus
In 1915 Marcel Janco joined fellow artists Hugo Ball, Richard Huelsenbeck, and Tristan Tzara in Zurich, Switzerland, to respond to World War I and an emerging modern media and machine aesthetic. United in this "anti-art" movement, Dada artists led a creative revolution that profoundly shaped the course of subsequent art. Their performances and assemblages—works made with the stuff of modern life, including newspapers, ticket stubs, mechanical parts, food wrappers, advertisements, and hat racks—were intended to provoke awareness of the conventions of life that had led to the disasters of war. Born in neutral Zurich and New York, two cities that served as independent points of origin for the movement, Dada rapidly spread to Berlin, Cologne, Hannover, Paris, and beyond.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
The First Celestial Adventure of Mr. Antipyrine (La Première Aventure Céleste de Mr Antipyrine)
Marcel Janco (Israeli, born Romania, 1895-1984) written by Tristan Tzara (French, born Romania, 1896-1963) published by Collection Dada (France, 20th century) printed by J. Heuberger (Swiss, 20th century)
Haori
Designed by Keisuke Serizawa (Japanese, 1895-1984) Japan