Long Live the Dada!

Written by: Wang Jingyu   Why Dada?   The obsession of artist Zheng Hong Xiang with Dada both literally and technically proffer one clue: Dada is still relevant today. Zheng has cut out part of the painting and filled in fur in one series of his works while in other cases he drew the three-dimensional words “DADA” boldly, replacing the heads of the protagonists. This article thus aims to conduct a retrospective on the famous art movement and to determine if the hasty conclusion...