Zarina Bhimji on becoming an artist 📸 | Tate #photography #art #contemporaryart

"I remember my foster mother saying that you might not be able to go to university, but you could do something with your hands. And I thought, wow! So I believed in that." 📸 Photographer Zarina Bhimji invites us into her London studio and describes her journey to becoming an artist. 👀 Watch the full film from 2019 here: https://ift.tt/AL93zFH




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Fernando Palma Rodríguez on why we must humanise technology | Tate #art #contemporaryart

"If it does not have a commitment to the environment, to what we are causing, then art has no social function." Watch the full film about Nahua artist Fernando Palma Rodríguez on our channel: https://youtu.be/-hlw0aL_OGM?si=1cfcYJ-qO6qLj1f1




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Dadaism

Dadaism, also known simply as Dada, emerged in the early 20th century as a radical and provocative artistic movement that sought to challenge conventional notions of art, society, and culture. Born out of the disillusionment caused by the horrors of the First World War, Dada took root in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1916 at the Cabaret Voltaire, a gathering place for artists, poets, and thinkers. Its founders, including Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, Tristan Tzara, and Hans Arp, rejected the rationalism and nationalism they believed had led to war, instead embracing chaos, irrationality, and the absurd.

Central to Dadaism was a spirit of rebellion and experimentation. Dada artists employed unorthodox methods and media, incorporating collage, photomontage, ready-made objects, and sound poetry to disrupt traditional aesthetics and question the boundaries of artistic expression. Works were often intentionally nonsensical or provocative, aimed at jolting audiences out of complacency. This anti-art stance was not merely nihilistic but deeply political, seeking to undermine the seriousness and elitism of the art establishment and to expose the contradictions of modern society.

Though Dada was short-lived, dissolving by the early 1920s, its impact was far-reaching. It paved the way for later avant-garde movements such as Surrealism and influenced generations of artists, from conceptualists to performance artists. More than a style or technique, Dada was a statement—a defiant cry against a world perceived as senseless and corrupt. Its legacy endures in the continued questioning of authority, meaning, and value in art and culture.

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Painting trees 🌲🌳 : a silly thing to do? | Tate #art #contemporaryart

British painter George Shaw on 'humble' picture-making and the universal appeal of drawing. Watch the full film: https://youtu.be/tsKunA_23f0?si=YSu7N0cXMz_PYZAc Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl To license Tate films please email film.licensing@tate.org.uk




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Portrait of the artist on fire 🔥 Meet Liliane Lijn | Tate #art #contemporaryart

Liliane Lijn is the American artist who pioneered the use of technology to make moving art. In the early 1960s, Liliane Lijn’s kinetic sculptures placed her at the forefront of artists exploring new ways of using technology to "see the world in terms of light and energy." Over a six-decade career, her work has continued to blaze a trail while defying categorisation. See her work in our new exhibition at Tate St Ives, Liliane Lijn: Arise Alive: https://ift.tt/enucoS4




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