8.31.2009

John Heartfield :: Berlinische Galerie

This exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie, focuses on the political photomontages John Heartfield produced between 1930 and 1938, vehemently attacking conditions in Germany while conveying a glorious picture of the "Construction of Socialism" in the Soviet Union.
 
  
  
"New political problems require new means of propaganda.  For this, photography possesses the greatest persuasive power." - John Heartfield 1930

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