The two men carry menacing mechanical tools, but the hand of the man on the left seems to have been taken over by the piston, while his face (cut from a grainy newspaper) is obscured by the trigger of the sharp illustration of a gun.

Mar 11, 2019 · Höch often spliced ethnographic images onto women’s bodies to explode gender norms, uniting a pair of breasts with a tusked mask, for example, or pairing high-heeled legs with a stone torso and a masculine, mustachioed face.

Hannah Höch (German, 1889-1978) was an artistic and cultural pioneer. She co-invented photomontage with then-partner Raoul Hausmann. They were both members of the Berlin Dada anti-art movement.

In the upper right corner there is a woman's face with the eyes of a cat. Along with industrialization comes the opportunity for women to be more involved in the workforce. While this opportunity was exciting for women, it was also frightening—symbolized by the cat eyes staring down at the image.

Known for her incisively political collages and photomontages (a form she helped pioneer), Hannah Höch appropriated and recombined images and text from mass media to critique popular culture, the failings of the Weimar Republic, and the socially constructed roles of women. After meeting artist and writer Raoul Hausmann in 1917, Höch became associated with the Berlin Dada group, a circle of ...

Hannah Höch (German: [hœç]; November 1, 1889 – May 31, 1978) was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage.

Apr 20, 2015 · By combining the base of a column and a pair of bare legs, Höch creates a sexual obelisk, at which the men in the lower right corner stare and cat call under the sun of a smiling woman's face. The presentation of the female figure remains important from Denkmal I .

Mar 7, 2022 · Hannah Höch was a German Weimar-era artist who was most recognized for her Dada artwork. Hannah Höch’s collage work was referred to as photomontage, a sort of composite in which the glued objects are genuine images or photographic replicas taken from the media and other widely distributed sources.

Jul 2, 2019 · A jeering male face makes up the other half, with the pair of eyes staring directly at the viewer, giving it a disturbing, confrontational feel. The woman doesn't appear in distress, but rather resigned to her situation.

Nov 21, 2016 · Hannah Hoch (November 1, 1889 – May 31, 1978) was one of the pioneers of the photomontage, combining, collating and layering images from contemporary magazines. She was the lone female participant in the Berlin Dada group, although Sophie Täuber, Beatrice Wood, and Baroness Else von Freytag-Loringhoven were significant Dada players albeit in ...