Agitated Images: John Heartfield and German Photomontage, 1920-1938 August 12, 2007

This show explores the wide impact of politically charged works by John Heartfield, a pioneer of modern photomontage and one of the most significant practitioners of the technique. His ability to assemble visual statements that spoke louder than words transformed photomontage from a vehicle of advertising and avant-garde art into a significant mode of mass communication. He used his photographs to disclose what he saw as the "truth" obscured by fascist propaganda and the mainstream press.