Collage art origins: the Dada knife of Hannah Höch.
Hannah Höch, Schnitt mit dem Küchenmesser DADA durch die letzte weimarer Bierbauchkulturepoche Deutschland, 1919. Image source: Wikimedia Commons.
A popular technique among “zine” publishers, contemporary collage art owes a great debt to the Dada art movement and a fascinating rebel on its fringe—ground-breaking artist Hannah Höch.
Hannah Höch, the Dada art movement, and serious collage.
OK. Pinning topic tonight is Hannah Höch and the Dada art movement. For anyone who does serious collage art. http://t.co/ugtdFzLSgw
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) April 27, 2014Hannah Höch, Schnitt mit dem Küchenmesser DADA durch die letzte weimarer Bierbauchkulturepoche Deutschland, 1919. pic.twitter.com/Tfg0KY6VJ7
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) April 27, 2014If wondering if Ms. Höch was punk enough: “Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany.”
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) April 27, 2014Edged out and branded a degenerate.
“Hannah Höch was one of the most important collage artists of the 20th century.” —Daniel F. Herrmann, Whitechapel Gallery.
