Hannah Höch: Discover your fascinating works in the Reinickendorf Museum!

Hannah Höch: Discover your fascinating works in the Reinickendorf Museum!

Reinickendorf, Deutschland - On June 18, 2025, the exhibition "Suggestions? - I don't need! (Hannah Höch)" District City Councilor Harald Muschner (CDU) welcomed those present and handed over the word to Dr. Sabine Ziegenrücker, the head of the art and history department. In her introduction, she thanked the museum for providing a private collection as a permanent loan and a significant gift.

The exhibition shows works by Hannah Höch (1889–1978), a central figure of the Dada movement, which had been created in over five decades and have so far hardly been publicly visible. Art historian Claudia Wasow-Kania then led the guests in a tour of the various exhibits. Among other things, landscapes, encounters of couples and fascinating masks, which were created in Höch's refuge in Heiligensee, can be seen.

artistic diversity and dada philosophy

Hannah Höch is recognized as a pioneer of the photo montage. Together with artists like Raoul Hausmann, she developed the technology of creating collages from pictures of the visual culture of her time during the Dada movement. This works criticize and satirize the society from which they emerge. In her collages, Höch also addressed the role of women and questioned traditional beauty ideals what she was delimited from her contemporaries. The Dada artists, including Höch, strived for a break with established orders and rejected the social and cultural order of their time by creating creative and provocative works of art [3minutosdearte.com] that the Dada movement began with the opening of the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich in 1916 A large collage by Hannah Höch, which was manufactured as a poster for a costume festival around 1920, is particularly noteworthy. This poster, which was kept in a coal scales in Heiligensee, was given to the museum in 2021 and is now part of this exhibition. In addition, visitors can admire a large -format self -portrait in masquerade, which impressively reflects their artistic development.

Dadaism and its relevance

Dadaism, a reaction to the horrors of the First World War, produced new forms of artistic expression. Hannah Höch, the only woman among the Dadaists, was a formative figure of this movement. She criticized not only the social norms, but also the role of women in society. These topics are visible in many of their works, especially in the renowned collage "Cut with the kitchen knife". This collage combines cut newspaper pictures and texts and represents a creative examination of politics, culture and identity [Brittakadolsky.com]

The exhibition in the Reinickendorf Museum runs until September 7, 2025. The next curator will take place on July 29, 2025 at 6.30 p.m. Sabine Ziegenrücker and Claudia Wasow-Kania. The opening times of the gallery floor are Monday to Friday and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Interested parties can see more information about the accompanying program at www.kunst-reinickendorf.de