Year 1919 (1919) | Type collage Created 1919 | |
Dimensions 43.7 cm × 34.6 cm (17.2 in × 13.6 in) Similar Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dad, The Fountain of Youth, Seated Girl (Fränzi Fehrmann), Portrait of a German Officer, The Puppet Balsamine | ||
Dada - Review (German: Dada-Rundschau) is a photomontage created by the German artist Hannah Höch in 1919.
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Description
The work measures 43.7 x 34.6 cm and is in the collection of the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin, Germany.
Analysis
In 1919 Hannah Höch started to utilize the technique of photomontage in the experimental workshop of Dada. Despite her traditional artistic education, she continued until the end of life to create her works using a collage technique that combined clippings of print media. "Dada - review" is different fragments of text and images depicting a grotesque political kaleidoscope.
The collage is a sectional view of the period after the World War I. It is possible to recognize faces of German President Friedrich Ebert in a swimsuit and US President Woodrow Wilson as an angel of peace. There is ridicule, changing perspectives and proportions, and between words and letters. Höch is the only woman from Berlin Dadaists who, through photomontage makes a parody of "giant global absurdities" using photos, headlines and advertisements from magazines.