Sharon Latchaw Hirsh is the president of Rosemont College since 2006. She completed her undergraduate degree in the History of Art and Studio Art from Rosemont College and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in the History of Art from the University of Pittsburgh.
Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the sensibility of Surrealism, observe its compelling focus on the subconscious and two substyles - dream imagery, with its juxtaposition of objects and settings, and "automatic drawing," eliciting unplanned images from the unconscious....