Raoul Hausmann was born in Vienna on July 12th
1886. He was a very well known artist who was also a writer and inspired many. He was influenced by his father’s interest in
art as he was a painter. He made photo collages and was part of the Berlin Dada
which was an art movement of the early twentieth century. Hausmann liked to use
many different materials such as clippings, posters, photographs and other
materials in his works which were meant to be symbolic.
His work is very interesting and appealing but I found the
ABCD-Hausmann very interesting. It use in many similar tones of reds, orange,
pink and yellow give the piece a monochromatic look. It uses images and words
together to form a symbolic piece. It is a self portrait of himself. ABCD was influenced
by the avant garde throughout world war 1; a reference to individuals or pieces
that are original when it comes to art, culture and politics. This collage
includes a picture of his face and below this is a flyer that is advertising
his presentation of a poem “The Soul of Maragarine”. The letters ABCD is a dada
poem which is in between his teeth in this collage. To the left side of his
face you see the word “voce” meaning voice. This piece gives the voice of
wanting a revolution.
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