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Hannah Höch was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage. Photomontage, or fotomontage, is a type of collage in which the pasted items are actual photographs, or photographic reproductions pulled from the press and other widely produced media.
Höch's work was intended to dismantle the fable and dichotomy that existed in the concept of the "New Woman": an energetic, professional, and androgynous woman, who is ready to take her place as man's equal. Her interest in the topic was in how the dichotomy was structured, as well as in who structures social roles.
Other key themes in Höch's works were androgyny, political discourse, and shifting gender roles. These themes all interacted to create a feminist discourse surrounding Höch's works, which encouraged the liberation and agency of women during the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) and continuing through to today.
Ren Rong is a Chinese modernist painter and sculptor who studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts and has been living and working in Germany since the 1980s.
He is known for his installations, metal sculptures, carved paper and wooden works.
Ren Rong's main focus in his art is on human-plant figures, a combination of hermaphroditic, floral and human forms, which the artist has been developing for many years.
Hubert Berke was a German painter and graphic artist.
