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The name, in French meaning 'hobby horse', pointless as it is, was a symbol for the artists disillusionment and commentary on traditional European and American art and artists. The Dadaists by using absurd and "non-art" elements in their art actively rejected the aesthetics of all art that preceded them.</div> <bR> <div> Dada did not maintain any sort of specific artistic style of aesthetic. The Dada movement was consumed by anti-rational approaches, most notably the creative technique that is based on chance and accident. Art that was created on accident was very Dada. Also art that held no meaning or had no purpose was enthusiastically received by the group. For example Marcel Duchamp's work titled "Fountain" was actually a simple urinal, signed "R. Mutt". 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