dadaist
/ˈdɑdɑɪst/
noun
- An artist or writer who is part of or follows the Dada movement, an early 20th-century art movement that rejected traditional artistic values and embraced absurdity and irrationality.
- The gallery featured works by several famous Dadaists, including Marcel Duchamp.
- As a Dadaist, she created sculptures from everyday objects to challenge the definition of art.
- The Dadaist's performance involved reading a poem made entirely of random sounds.
adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of Dadaism or its artists.
- She wrote a dadaist manifesto that called for the destruction of logic in poetry.
- The exhibit showcased dadaist collages that combined newspaper clippings with paint.
- His dadaist approach to filmmaking involved splicing together unrelated scenes.