Hannah Hoch · 2018. 1. 29. · Hannah was the only female German Dada artist during this time in Berlin. The men in the group disapproved of her contribution. Her style of borrowing

Hannah Hoch

Dada & Photomontage

Biography

● Born: November 1, 1889 - Gotha, Germany

● Oldest of 5 siblings● Her education started at a local

girls high school.● She had to drop out at age 15 to

take care of her youngest sister● At age 22 she was given a second

chance at school● She attended the School of

Applied Arts in Berlin● She studied glass design which

would later influence her interest in the applied arts and design

● While at the School of Applied Arts, WWI broke out and required her to return home (1914)

● Joined the Red Cross● The following year she studied

graphic arts at the School of the Royal Museum of Applied Arts

● While attending, she met Dadaist artists: Raoul Hausmann & Kurt Schwitters.

● She engaged in a romantic relationship with Raoul.

● Between 1916 and 1926, worked for the magazine and newspaper publishers Ullstein Verlag

● For the magazine she designed patterns for crochet, knitting and embroidery.

● In 1918 her and Raoul went to the Ostee where she discovered the art of Photomontage

● They discovered images of German soldiers’ heads pasted to bodies of musketeers. (power of collage)

● 1910-1920’s she began constructing the Dadaist photomontages that she is best known for

● Hannah was the only female German Dada artist during this time in Berlin.

● The men in the group disapproved of her contribution.

● Her style of borrowing from popular culture, dismemberment, and collage fit well with the Dadaist group

● Yet she disapproved of the sexism and “blatant exhibitionism” and left around 1922

● She continued producing lesser-known works and lived quietly in Berlin until her death. She was also targeted by the Nazis during their regime.

The Dada Movement● Began as an oppositional reaction to WWI, nationalism in many countries,

materialism, and traditional art movements● Intentionally short-lived. Involved artists had small bodies of work. ● Instead of focusing on beauty, focused more on political statements, getting

the viewer to ask questions. Used ordinary objects called “readymades.”● Originated in Zurich, Switzerland but spread to Paris, Berlin, and New York● Lacks leadership or doctrine, and intentionally ended itself (e.g., by

spectacular riot.)● Faded out with the emergence of Surrealism

PROCESS & MEDIUM

Title: Bourgeois Wedding Couple

Artist: Hannah Hoch

Date: 1919

Medium: Newspaper and

advertisement clippings

Title: The Beautiful Girl

Artist: Hannah Hoch

Date: 1920

Medium: Newspaper & advertisement

clippings

Title: Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany

Artist: Hannah Hoch

Date: 1919

Medium: Newspaper, magazine, advertisements, & journal clippings

Title: High Finance

Artist: Hannah Hoch

Date: 1923

Medium: Newspaper Clippings & magazine Advertisements

Title: Flight

Artist: Hannah Hoch

Date: 1931

Medium: Newspaper Clippings & magazine Advertisements

Title: Strauss

Artist: Hannah Hoch

Date: 1965

Medium: Newspaper Clippings & magazine Advertisements

Title: Industrial Landscape

Artist: Hannah Hoch

Date: 1967

Medium: Cut images and painted paper on paper

Title: Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum

Artist: Hannah Hoch

Date: 1930

Medium: Printed paper and metallic foil on paper

Title: Collage II (Auf Filetgrund)

Artist: Hannah Hoch

Date: 1925

Medium: Printed and painted paper on printed paper

Heads of State

Staatshäupter (Heads of State), 1918-20. Photograph: Collection of IFA, Stuttgart--Ian

Denkmal I

(Memorial I: From an Ethnographic Museum), 1924, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin.

Marlene

Marlene, 1930, Dakis Joannou, Athens.

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