Hannah Hoch

On a previous post, I've mentioned the Germany born artist Hannah Hoch (1889-1978). On that occasion, I was doing some research on film collage and her name came up as being the one of the pioneers of Photo Collage. 
Appropriation, regarding either video or photo, is something that really interested me. And in order to get a better understanding of it I went to the Hannah Hoch exhibition at The Whitechapel Gallery in London.

 Reaching my expectation, her Dada period was the one I liked the most. I credited my interested on these works, also, to the fact that humour was used to manifest her critic point of view on women's liberation, society and polities, in  post-World War I Germany. Additionally, they were visually pleasant to my eyes. Finally, I was able to understand the connotations applied to these works.

Another aspect that has drawn my attention is her ability to maintain harmony among colours and forms, regardless the numerous images present on a piece and even on her late works, which have a more surrealistic approach.

Judging by my first trials I reckon that the harmony, among the different elements, is my number one enemy. But, in my case I'm seriously considering to adopt the proverb and instead of fighting against it I might just enjoying joining it.