neo-dada

American  

[nee-oh-dah-dah] / ˌni oʊˈdɑ dɑ /

Or neo-Dada

noun

1. a minor art movement chiefly of the 1960s reviving some of the objectives of dada but placing emphasis on the importance of the work of art produced rather than on the concept generating the work.

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Other Word Forms

• neo-dadaist noun

Etymology

Origin of neo-dada

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

His Cage paintings, abstractions made by chance according to the rules of American neo-dada composer John Cage, are as mysterious and entrancing as a Wagner prelude, or at least Kraftwerk’s Autobahn.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2021

There is a lot of neo-dada around, and a whole tendency to talk about art that doesn't mean anything, as though this were a good thing.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2011