| June 23, 2002 |
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Cut & Paste
This  history of photomontage takes us back to the Victorian era, a time when early photographers used mistakes and the limits of the new technology to create unusual art. Double exposures, contact printing, and other combinations of images -- created in the darkroom and with scissors and glue -- expanded the art form. But it was the Dada artists in 1920s Berlin who coined the term "photomontage" and pushed this art to new heights. Hannah Höch's work during this era still looks startlingly modern and fresh. John Heartfield was an early political artist who used montage to critique Hitler. Photomontage enjoyed a renaissance in the 1980s when artists like Peter Kennard shaped Cold War iconography into protests against nuclear armament. In the 21st century, younger artists, like Sean Hillen, continue to express themselves through montage. (in Visual Arts) |
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