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.
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 Class Pierre 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 Dada Raoul 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 Examples of Pop Art
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, Sibelius Joanna Banana, Nothing is worth More Than Today, 2004
Shirin Kouiladjie