I don't think I've talked about the artist #JohnHeartfield here. I believe his work, especially his 1930s work criticizing and mocking #Nazi policies has important relevance to today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heartfield #Art #ArtHistory #Dada
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I like to talk about him when I teach #Photoshop because his #photomontage techniques are very similar to modern photo editing tools except he was doing them laboriously with glue and scissors and custom ink printing and, I assume, a lot of cursing
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Landscape architecture still commonly uses "eidetic" photomontage to express ideas visually in a playful and colorful way and I have been trying with little success to popularize this in the urban planning world also.
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Today I am thinking about Heartfield's famous "Hurrah, There's No Butter Left!" My understanding is that it was created to mock Nazi efforts to prioritize access to war materiel like metals over essential household staples like butter and the notion that families should celebrate their inability to access essentials because of the military power their sacrifice purchased. This feels very present to me given current #uspolitics . More here https://johnheartfield.com/_HEXDVP
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@Lyle I wish the Wikipedia article had an example of his work.
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@ClimateJenny The family is very particular about the use of his work.
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@Lyle Understood.
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