Dada- Otaïti


The Dada movement was an artistic assault on politics, social values, conformity, and an emphasis on reason and logic during the 20th century. Francis Picabia is an artist that contributed to the Dada movement. Otaiti is an oil on canvas painting done in 1930. This painting portrays Spanish women, also known as the Espagnoles, the monsters, which has creatures with multiple eyes outlined in black. This image caught my eyes because it contains multiple figures, it has a lot going on. The women is what grabbed my eye, she kneeling with her hands raised. According to MOMA, the women's over sized hands was a "reference to Michelangelo's image of the hand of God from the Sistine Chapel in Rome."

Reference: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/picabia-otaiti-t11982 

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