Hannah Höch at Whitechapel: WAITLIST ONLY

Join us for a curator-led tour to the Whitechapel Gallery to see German Dada artist, Hannah Höch.  Our guide will be Daniel F. Herrmann, Eisler Curator & Head of Curatorial Studies at Whitechapel and curator for the exhibition.

Hannah Höch was an artistic and cultural pioneer. A member of Berlin’s Dada movement in the 1920s, she was a driving force in the development of 20th century collage. Splicing together images taken from fashion magazines and illustrated journals, she created a humorous and moving commentary on society during a time of tremendous social change. Höch was admired by contemporaries such as George Grosz, Theo van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters, yet was often overlooked by traditional art history. As the first major exhibition of her work in Britain, the show puts this inspiring figure in the spotlight.
As a determined believer in artistic freedom, Höch questioned conventional concepts of partnership, beauty and the making of art. This exhibition brings together over 100 works from major international collections, and examines Höch’s extraordinary career from the 1910s to the 1970s. It starts with early works influenced by her time working in the fashion industry, and includes key photomontages such as High Finance (1923) which critiques the relationship between bankers and the army at the height of the economic crisis in Europe.
Sorry, but due to great demand this is WAITLIST ONLY:  Patrons Free/Friends: £15/Guests:  £25.   To add your name to the waitlist  RSVP to RSVP@ukfriendsofnmwa.org