John Heartfield
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John Heartfield was a German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Heartfield also created
John Heartfield in 1959
Grave of John Heartfield in Berlin
The Hand Has Five Fingers (5 Finger hat die Hand), a 1928 poster by Heartfield that inspired the album cover for System of a Down
Theo van Doesburg Dadamatinée
Laibach
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Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with the industrial, martial, and neoclassical genres. Formed in 1980 in the mining town of Trbovlje, Slovenia, Laibach represents the musical
John Heartfield
…family, which can be found in a political comic posted into a banned communist magazine, in 1935. Slovenian and former Yugoslav avant-garde music group Laibach has a number of references to Heartfield's works: the original band's logo, the 'black cross', references Heartfield's art Der alte Wahlspruch im "neuen…
Laibach in 2011
Laibach in 1983
Laibach in 1989
The 1983–2003 period key members of Laibach in 2003, clockwise: Dejan Knez, Ervin Markošek, Milan Fras and Ivan "Jani" Novak