John Heartfield: Photography plus Dynamite (Angela Lammert)

This lavishly illustrated volume draws on the rich collection of Heartfields work found in of the Akademie der K nstes archives, given to the museum by Heartfield himself. In this book we see the full scope of Heartfields artistic output, and we get insight into some lesser-known aspects of his oeuvre, such as his theater designs. In addition, a plethora of archival material illuminates Heartfields ideas, biography, and creative network, while statements on his work by contemporary artists and thinkers raise crucial questions about the function of political art and fake news. The resulting volume reveals the artist firmly embedded in his own time even as his work has particular resonance in our own.