Recontextualisation and the New Women through Hoch’s “Monument”

Hannah Hoch’s ‘Monument’ is a photomontage of what can be assumed as a feminine subject. She is made of many different recontextualised pieces: the head as a mask from Gabon, body as a Theban Goddess, left leg as an unknown arm and right leg from an image of Lilian Harvey. Each individual object forming this…