INTRODUCTION DADA BLASTED ONTO THE SCENE ASSAULTING SOUNDS VISIONS LANGUAGE AIMLESS ARTISTS TRAUMA WORLD WAR SHOCK MODERNITY SHOCK TACTICS TRADITIONAL THE ARTIST MASTER OF MEDIUM PREFABRICATED MATERIALS AESTHETIC DECISIONS CONVENTIONAL DEFINITION OF ARTISTIC THE STUFF MODERN LIFE TICKET MECHANICAL FOOD ADVERTISEMENTS LIGHT BULBS SO ON PUBLICITY STUNTS MANIPULATION OF MASS MEDIA ALTERED PERCEPTIONS WORK OF ART BOUNDARIES ART AND LIFE OUTRAGEOUS DADA MOVEMENT DEFINE TERM DADAISTS THEMSELVES LESS WHOLESALE DISAVOWAL TURNING AWAY UNDERSTANDINGS ILLUSIONISTIC SHOULD ESCAPE DAILY RATHER VISIBLE HYPOCRISIES CONTEMPORARY DADAIST HUGO BALL END IN ITSELF OPPORTUNITY TRUE PERCEPTION CRITICISM THE TIMES WE LIVE BENEATH HUMOR ABSURDITIES DADAISM LIES MORAL UNDERPINNING WHOSE NEUTRALITY SAFE HAVEN EUROPEAN IDEAS SPREAD ADDITION CENTERS TRANSPORTED TRAVELED THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION TRACES THE HISTORY OF DAYS ZURICH NEW YORK APPEARANCE POSTWAR MARCEL DUCHAMP RECTIFIED READYMADE PENCIL REPRODUCTION LEONARDO MONA LISA TERMS OF USE COPYRIGHT NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART