Dada Post

For this assignment I chose to observe John Heartfield's work. I read the post on how to include pictures, but I can't seem to get it to work. Here's the link instead.
I observed the first two works: Prussian Archangel and Cover of Jedermann sein egner Fussball.
Prussian Archangel would appear to use assemblage first off, but actually this piece is more of a collaged work. Although assemblage involves 3 dimensional objects, they must generally also be found objects. These are all things that were made by Heartfield; some, such as the uniform, were made from pre-existing frameworks, but he made them personally and collaged them together to create this work.

Cover of Jedermann sein egner Fussball is a perfect example of assemblage. It contains things such as a fork, a gun, a lightbulb, and a manequin. These items were not made by Heartfield, but, rather, were placed together to create a 3 dimensional sculpture.

As for their meanings, the first one, clearly, is an anti-war sentiment, and the audio can tell us that it is specifically pointed towards German militarism. I'm not sure about the second, since there is no audio. I almost want to say it is a statement on women, or perhaps machinery's influence onk mankind.