Höch Response

I enjoyed reading about the influences on the work of Hannah Höch and even more, browsing through her pieces. Again, I notice that yet another artist’s motivation is a movement for a change. I had never thought of collages having meanings and carrying messages as my whole life they were really just something creative. Finding out more information about the origins and influences behind them, I now see that they indeed do tell a story. The works of Hannah Höch even reminded me of history texts but in a form of art.

At the same time, though I see what her works are trying to say, it seems more of her summarizing the story but not exactly protesting something as John Heartfield’s role was. In a way, it seems like they complement each other for that reason as they lived through the same events in the world history and are of the same origin, Germany.

I personally enjoy collages and actually do encounter them in a lot of modern media and advertising. As different kinds of things affectively get the message across to different audience, personally I find collages intriguing and affective. I find them not only in media but also in a lot of business presentations. Many times I feel like even the creator of them does not realize they are being artistic and know the actual history behind their work. Learning a little about Hanna Höch’s work is making me more aware of collages and what they represent.

I am including a picture of a collage made for an interior design presentation. I briefly studied interior design in high school and made plenty of these myself. Never had I thought of it as a work of art or a statement, but it just hit me that it was a message I was trying to get across, a representation of my ideas and not simply objects put together.