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Exhibition Review
Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 283-285
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Reviewer:
Huber, Stephanie (Huber, Stephanie)
Subjects
artists:
Klutsis, Gustav / Rodchenko, Aleksander / Mayakovsky, Vladimir / Heartfield, John / Höch, Hannah / Hausmann, Raoul / Schwitters, Kurt
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
styles:
Constructivist / Dada
subjects:
Posters / Prints / Collages / Magazines (periodicals) / Propaganda
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented Museum of Modern Art, New York 13th December 2020–10th April 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. The hand has five fingers, by John Heartfield. 1928. Lithograph, 97.8 by 74.3 cm. (Merrill C. Berman Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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20. Advertising technique 1, design for a journal cover, by Nikolai Sedelnikov. 1930. Letterpress, 29.8 by 23 cm. (Merrill C. Berman Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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Opposite 18. Electrification of the entire country, by Gustav Klutsis. c.1920. Cut-andpasted gelatin silver prints, printed and painted paper on paper with gouache, ink, and pencil, 46.5 by 27.5 cm. (Merrill C. Berman Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
John Heartfield: Photography Plus Dynamite
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 878-881
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Reviewer:
Kriebel, Sabine (Kriebel, Sabine)
Subjects
artists:
Heartfield, John / Höch, Hannah / Grosz, George
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Photomontages / Photographs / Propaganda / Theatre design / Book covers
museums and institutions:
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Dada / Politics / German art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
John Heartfield: Photography Plus Dynamite Akademie der Künste, Berlin 2nd June–23rd August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Installation view of a portrait of John Heartfield from the 1960s and Marcel Odenbach’s twochannel video installation at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 2020. (Photograph Roman März).
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2. Cover of Kurt Tucholsky’s Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, by John Heartfield. 1929. (© The Heartfield Community of Heirs / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020; Akademie der Künste, Berlin).
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3. Rifles, bayonets, daggers, cannons and hand, collection of cutout photographic material amassed by Heartfield, undated. 46 individual pieces, 1925–68, gelatin silver print, cut out. (Akademie der Künste, Berlin; photograph N.N.).
Exhibition Review
Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two), Edinburgh
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 776-779
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Reviewer:
Thompson, Susannah (Thompson, Susannah)
Subjects
artists:
Picasso, Pablo / Gris, Juan / Schwitters, Kurt / Ernst, Max / Agar, Eileen / Höch, Hannah / Heartfield, John / Blake, Peter / Kennard, Peter / Spero, Nancy / Sherman, Cindy / Schneemann, Carolee
artists:
Linder
museums and institutions:
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain
styles:
Dada / Surrealism / Cubist / Futurism / Abstract art / Pop art / Constructivist / Amateur
subjects:
Collages / Photomontages
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Scrapbook, by Mary Watson. 1821. Cut-up newspapers, printed illustrations and handwritten text, sheet 21 by 15 cm. (Manchester Metropolitan University; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
32. Still from Doll clothes, by Cindy Sherman. 1975. 16mm film transferred to video, 2 mins 22 secs. (Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures, New York; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
33. Pretty girl, by Linder. 1977. Magazine with collage, 24 by 18.5 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Modern Art, London; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
John Heartfield. Berlin
08/2009 | 1277 | 151
Pages: 569-571
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Reviewer:
White, Michael (White, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Heartfield, John
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
places:
Berlin / Germany
print:
Heartfield, John
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
John Heartfield: Zeitausschnitte. Fotomontagen 1918–1938 | institution: Berlinische Galerie
Illustrations
Attributed works:
69. Adolf der Übermensch, by John Heartfield. AIZ 29, 1932. Photomontage, 38 by 27 cm. (Akademie der Künste, Berlin Kunstsammlung/Heartfield Community of Heirs; exh. Berlinische Galerie, Berlin).
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70. John Heartfield mit Polizeipräsident Zörgiebel, by John Heartfield. Original montage for ‘Benuetze Foto als Waffe!’. AIZ 37, 1929. Photomontage, 28 by 21.1 cm. (Akademie der Künste, Berlin Kunstsammlung/ Heartfield Community of Heirs; exh. Berlin­ische Galerie, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
John Heartfield. Glasgow
05/1989 | 1034 | 131
Pages: 378-379
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Reviewer:
Rainbird, Sean (Rainbird, Sean)
Subjects
artists:
Heartfield, John
dates:
1980-1989
museums and institutions:
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / Glasgow
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. Adolf, the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk, by John Heartfield. 31 by 24 cm. (Werkbund-Archiv, West Berlin; Exh. Glasgow Arts Centre).
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69. The Reichstag Fire Trail in Leipzig, by John Heartfield. 31 by 23 cm. (Werkbund-Archiv, West Berlin; Exh. Glasgow Arts Centre).
Attributed works:
70. The Meaning of the Hitler Salute, by John Heartfield. 37.5 by 27 cm. (Werkbund-Archiv, West Berlin; Exh. Glasgow Arts Centre).