Background information
"German artist John HEARTFIELD is widely considered one of the inventors of photomontage. In the 1930s, he produced some of the most visually arresting and politically hard-hitting artwork of the 20th century, appropriating the widely circulated propaganda of the time to create its total antithesis. In his own words, he used 'laughter as a devastating weapon' to target the Nazis, which made him a target for Nazi censorship. In 1933, the Gestapo destroyed much of his work, after which he produced his brilliantly terrifying images in exile.
Content
This book, John Heartfield. Laughter is a Devastating Weapon', written by David King & Ernst Volland, includes an insightful essay and more than 150 full-color reproductions of his works." (© Tate, 2015)
About the German photo artist, John HEARTFIELD (1891-1968)
Books on the work of John HEARTFIELD
- Format
- HC (linen bound, no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 16 cm., 128 pp., 55 color ills., + 1 ink.jet print (signed, numbered and titled photograph, ltd. to 15 copies), German
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