Design History Post - Oct 19, 2009

Artist: John Heartfield
Title: Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk
Date: 1932
Movement: Dada (Berlin)
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heartfield#Works

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Heartfield's piece depicting the innards of Adolf Hitler, bring an interesting view as the true intentions of the German dictator truly were. This piece in particular strikes me as it must have been met with some form of controversy in the 1930's (and to an extent most likely still today...). Also worth mentioning are the techniques used in constructing the piece as this originated in the 30's long before Adobe Photoshop or computers ever existed.