{"id":2605,"date":"2014-02-03T01:02:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T06:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2014-02-03T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T16:35:48","slug":"hannah-hoch-whitechapel-gallery-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/hannah-hoch-whitechapel-gallery-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah H\u00f6ch at Whitechapel Gallery, London"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ohne<\/p>\n

15 January-23 March 2014<\/p>\n

The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major UK exhibition of the influential German artist Hannah H\u00f6ch (1889-1978).<\/p>\n

Hannah H\u00f6ch was an important member of the Berlin Dada movement and a pioneer\u00a0in collage. Splicing together images taken from popular magazines, illustrated\u00a0journals and fashion publications, she created a humorous and moving commentary\u00a0on society during a time of tremendous social change. Acerbic, astute and funny,\u00a0H\u00f6ch established collage as a key medium for satire whilst being a master of its\u00a0poetic beauty.<\/p>\n

H\u00f6ch created some of the most radical works of the time and was admired by\u00a0contemporaries such as George Grosz, Theo van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters, yet\u00a0she was often overlooked by traditional art history. At a time when her work has\u00a0never seemed more relevant, the exhibition puts this inspiring figure in the\u00a0spotlight.<\/p>\n

Bringing together over 100 works from major international collections, the\u00a0exhibition includes collages, photomontages, watercolours and woodcuts, spanning\u00a0six decades from the 1910s to the 1970s.<\/p>\n

This exhibition charts H\u00f6ch\u2019s career beginning with early works influenced by her\u00a0time working in the fashion industry to key photomontages from her Dada period,\u00a0which sees notable figures collaged\u00a0together with emblems of industry in a critique of the relationship between\u00a0financiers and the military at the height of an economic crisis in Europe.<\/p>\n

H\u00f6ch explored the concept of the “New Woman” in Weimar Germany, presenting\u00a0complex discussions around gender and identity in a series of both biting and\u00a0poignant collages. The exhibition includes a number of works from the series “From\u00a0an Ethnographic Museum”, in which H\u00f6ch combines images of female bodies with\u00a0traditional masks and objects and layers of block colours, capturing the style of the\u00a01920s avant-garde theatre and fashion. (image above)<\/p>\n

H\u00f6ch remained in Germany during World War II and retreated to a house just outside\u00a0Berlin. Entering a period of lyrical abstraction that explores the materials and\u00a0possibilities of a newly developing consumer culture, the exhibition includes her\u00a0later works\u00a0which joyously makes use of cut-outs from\u00a0colour-print and popular culture, incorporating red lips, petticoats and crystals.<\/p>\n

(adapted from the gallery’s press materials)<\/em><\/p>\n

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INFORMATION<\/h3>\n

Whitechapel Gallery<\/strong>
\n77-82 Whitechapel High Street
\nLondon E1 7QX United Kingdom
\n(020) 7522 7888<\/p>\n

Hours:
\nTuesday-Wednesday and Friday-Sunday, 11AM-6PM
\nThursday, 11AM-9PM<\/p>\n

MAP<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0| FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nOhne Titel (Aus einem ethnographischen Museum)<\/em>
\nby\u00a0Hannah H\u00f6ch
\n19″x12.6″
\ncollage
\n1930
\nMuseum f\u00fcr Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
\nPhoto: courtesy of Maria Thrun
\nImage courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery, London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

15 January-23 March 2014 The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major UK exhibition of the influential German artist Hannah H\u00f6ch (1889-1978). Hannah H\u00f6ch was an important member of the Berlin Dada movement and a pioneer\u00a0in collage. Splicing together images taken…<\/p>\n

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