hannah hoch presentation by aziza
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Hannah Höch
Anna Therese Johanne Höch
1889 – 1978
Berlin Dada artist
Studied at Kunstgewerbeschule•College of Arts and Crafts•National Institute of Arts and Crafts
The Ullstein Press
Common featuresMultiple layers
Multiple elementsThemes of feminism, anti-racism, anti-Weimar
Republic sentiment
Juxtaposition
One of the originators of photomontageBerlin Dadaists established photomontage as a respected art form
Untitled (1924)Private collection, courtesy the Mayor Gallery, London © DACS 2010.
“has the look of a constructivist machine age picture” –National Galleries Scotland
MonochromaticHandicraftNon-hierarchal compositionNon-objective
Schall and Rauch cabaret Associated journal cover (1920)
The Puppet Balsamine (1927)
AbstractionAbsurdity
ExaggerationTonal variation
Da-D
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Freewheeling imagesContrasting colour schemeTonal variationTypography
Hypocrisy of Berlin Dadaists
Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany (1919)
Several elements“v
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- venetia
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et
Cubist influence
“simultaneous montage”-Matthew Biro, The Dada Cyborg
Non-hierarchal organization
Contrasting colour scheme
Typographic labelling
“The first grrrl collage artist”- me