John Heartfield: Laughter is a Devastating Weapon: Laughter is a Devastating Weapon
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
John Heartfield: Laughter is a Devastating Weapon: Laughter is a Devastating Weapon
By (Author) David King
By (author) Ernst Volland
Tate Publishing
Tate Publishing
1st November 2015
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Individual artists, art monographs
709.2
Physical Properties
Hardback
160
Width 253mm, Height 296mm, Spine 22mm
1379g
Description
German artist John Heartfield (1891-1968) is widely considered one of the inventors of photomontage. In the 1930s, he produced some of the most visually arresting and politically hard-hitting artwork of the 20th century, appropriating the widely circulated propaganda of the time to create its total antithesis. In his own words, he used "laughter as a devastating weapon" to target the Nazis, which made him a target for Nazi censorship. In 1933, the Gestapo destroyed much of his work, after which he produced his brilliantly terrifying images in exile. This new book includes an insightful essay and more than 150 full-color reproductions of his works.
Author Bio
David King, former art editor of the Sunday Times (London), is author of The Commissar Vanishes, the award-winning Red Star OverRussia, and other books. Ernst Volland is an artist and a photography collector in Berlin.
