View a Preview ClipDada and Surrealism Video (VHS/DVD). The Dada movement, born as a reaction to World War I, and its successor, Surrealism, opened new avenues for artistic creation by striving to bypass the reasoning process and tap directly into the unconscious mind. This program examines: • Kurt Schwitters' Merzbild 25 A (1920), from the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf • Hanna Hoch's Cut with the Kitchen Knife (1919), from the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin • George Grosz' Untitled (1920), from the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf • Joan Miro's Dutch Interior I (1928), from the Museum of Modern Art, New York • Salvador Dali's The Burning Giraffe (1936), from the Kunstmuseum, Basel • Man Ray's La Fortune (1938), from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (60 minutes.) Art History, Art and Photography. 1991
