Dominique Baqué Analyzes Photomontage and Hybridity in New Artpress Publication
Artpress has published a new analysis by Dominique Baqué exploring the evolution of photomontage from its avant-garde origins to contemporary practices of métissage (hybridity). The text traces how collage aesthetics, initially pictorial, were quickly applied to photography and systematically explored by avant-garde movements for their infinite montage possibilities. Photomontage emerged as a defining practice of the interwar avant-gardes, with key figures such as Hausmann, Heartfield, and Rodtchenko experimenting with cross-media circulations as early as the 1920s. Baqué examines the aesthetic and political issues at stake in the shift from photomontage to métissage, questioning how hybrid imagery reconfigures representation. The publication appears in the December 1993 issue of Artpress.
Key facts
- Dominique Baqué authored the analysis on photomontage and métissage.
- The text appears in the December 1993 issue of Artpress.
- Photomontage is described as emblematic of interwar avant-gardes.
- Key artists mentioned: Hausmann, Heartfield, Rodtchenko.
- The practice began in the 1920s with Dadaists.
- Baqué analyzes aesthetic and political dimensions of the shift from photomontage to métissage.
- Collage aesthetics moved from pictorial to photographic media.
- The publication is in French.
Entities
Artists
- Dominique Baqué
- Hausmann
- Heartfield
- Rodtchenko
Institutions
- Artpress
Sources
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