Commenting on the World

Commenting on the World

A small sampling of artists who have used collage to interpret and express their

ideas about the modern world in which they lived.

A small sampling of artists who have used collage to interpret and express their

ideas about the modern world in which they lived.

POLITICS

John Heartfield, Adolf the Superman, 1932 John Heartfield, Göring The Executioner, 1933

Alexandr Rodchenko: Maquette for Mayakovsky's ProEto (1923)

John Heartfield, The Spirit of Geneva, 1932

Hannah Hoch, Dada Rundschau, 1919 Hannah Hoch, Sliced With The Dada Knife Through the Last Weimar Beerbelly Cultural Epoch Germany, 1920

Examples of Dada

Peter Kennard, Defended To Death, 1982 Peter Kennard , Protect and Survive ,1981

Magazine illustration, artist unknown

Klaus Staeck, North – South Conference, 1979 Klaus Staeck, Ronald Reagan Official Photo, 1982

SOCIETY

Kurt Schwitters, The Proposal, 1942

Examples of Dada

Raoul Hausmann, Gurk, 1914

Examples of Dada

Raoul Hausmann, Tatlin at Home, 1920

Carlo Carra, Patriotic Celebration, 1914

Francesco di Cocco, The Noise, 1917

Examples of Futurism

Kurt Schwitters, Merz Picture with a Rainbow,

Examples of Dada

Kurt Schwitters, As you Like It, 1946

Raoul Hausmann, Le Critique d’art, 1920

Examples of Dada

Romare Bearden

Max Ernst, No Title, 1932

Ian Campbell: Push: Work ClassPierre Robin, Collage Interdit

Carol Es, Crappy Shooter, 2001

Kinga Britscghi, Letter to the New World

Miriam Shapiro, Kimono, 1976 Sherrie Levine, Shifting Mental Structures, 2002

CULTURE

Pablo Picasso, Guitar, Sheet Music, and Wine Glass, 1912

Pablo Picasso, Guitar, 1912

Examples of Synthetic Cubism

Georges Braque, Glass, Carafe and Newspaper, 1914

Examples of Cubism

Examples of DadaRaoul Hausmann

Max Ernst,

Max Ernst, Nova Collage,

Examples of Surrealism

Joseph Cornell, Habitat in a Shooting Gallery, 1943

Richard Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?, 1956

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Peter Phillips, Custom Print 1, 1965

Peter Blake, On the Balcony, 1957

Examples of Pop Art

Robert Rauschenberg

Alexis Smith, Priced to Sell

Elizabeth Murray

Pierre Robin: Decollage

Corey Eisman, Dot Com

Bernie Stepenhaus

Unknown artist

Gary Wortzel, SibeliusJoanna Banana, Nothing is worth More Than Today, 2004

Shirin Kouiladjie