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dadaist

American  
[dah-dah-ist] / ˈdɑ dɑ ɪst /

adjective

  1. characterized by the principles or style of dada.


noun

  1. a practitioner of dada in art, music, or literature.

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His first photo exhibition was from Man Ray, the acclaimed surrealist and Dadaist who moved easily across a variety of mediums.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

Humphries was also an actor, painter, author and Dadaist performer of pranks.

From Reuters • Apr. 22, 2023

Dillon gravitates toward montages, collages and portraits, and he has a penchant for underappreciated female artists, among them the German Dadaist Hannah Höch and the austere modern architect Eileen Gray.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

Duchamp, the influential Dadaist, a self-proclaimed ex-Frenchman and ex-painter then residing in Greenwich Village, appreciated Magritte’s philosophical bent and pointed collectors in his direction.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2021

Feverishly he followed in periodicals the Dadaist movements and schisms, the strangely feminine jealousies and religiousness, the obscurantisms of the forming and breaking schools.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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