Dadaism

Ness says she was also inspired by Dadaism, an avant-garde art movement of the early 20th century, which rejected logic and reason and introduced such concepts as collage and abstract art.

Dadaism, an art movement started around WWI, was designed to ridicule the meaningless of the modern world and its wars.

Dada Fountain 1917 Dada or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century.

Marc Lowenthal, translator's introduction to Francis Picabia 's I Am a Beautiful Monster: Poetry, Prose, And Provocation New York Dada had a less serious tone than that of European Dadaism, and was not a particularly organized venture.

Solomon wanted to commit suicide, but he thought a form of suicide appropriate to dadaism would be to go to a mental institution and demand a lobotomy.