Hannah Höch's address book
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Interesting lady: Hannah Höch
Name: Hannah
Surname: Höch
(Gosh! it feels as if I'm copying Wikipedia, but I've been doing this for ages!)
Date of birth: November 1, 1889
Nationality: German
Why did she call my attention: She is the pioneer of the artistic form photomontage and member of the Dada movement
What WikiP says: "Many of her pieces sardonically critique the mass culture beauty industry, at the time gaining significant momentum in mass media through the rise of fashion and advertising photography"
I got this information here
And some photomontages here
The photomontages of Hannah Höch
About painting
painting by Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Solitude, 1970
On show until 12 January 2014 at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville
Today I love
this painting by Pedro Osés, "Dedis", 1971
and this one by Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Morning self-portrait, 1973
= Same painting, different setting
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Quote
"Art is not self-expression
It is the self expressing all of the elements of the culture that has shaped it. We filter the ambient information that surrounds us-from our families, from our communities, from the information that bombards us every day from myriad sources. We do not create this information; it helps to create us. We in turn start to interpret it and describe it to ourselves and to others as a means to understand it. This is the art impulse. Even works of pure imagination have sources outside of ourselves. Know your sources."
from "101 things to learn in Art School" by Kit White
Monday, 16 September 2013
World hotline
Dear world, dial (+31) (0)70 302 23 23 and we'll help you solve your problems.
We're here to help
signed:
Who would have guessed
"The two governments will consult each other, prior to any decision, on all important questions of foreign policy, and in the first place on questions of common interest, with a view to arriving, insofar is possible, at a similar position"
"Les deux Gouvernements se consulteront, avant toute décision, sur toutes les questions importantes de politique étrangère, et en premier lieu sur les questions d’intérêt commun, en vue de parvenir, autant que possible, à une position analogue"
Fragment of the Elysée Treaty, signed by France and Germany in January 1962
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Musical digression
Wow, I'm listening to this while I'm updating the pictures and I think I'm going to evaporate/volatilize any minute now. I leave you to it.
I'd like to finally give proper credit to the photographer of that first image at the top right of the sidebar, Olivier Föllmi.
photo: Edu Ponces
Sala Negra project, elfaro.net, El Salvador
I hate to be a visual consumer of the blood of victims in armed conflicts, but this photo says it all
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