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invited by Karin Dahlbacka Hannah Höch A German avant-garde Dada artist, one of the originators of photomontage, seems to be a lone female in the Berlin Dada movement. She created some of the most interesting and poignant photomontages, often criticising and questioning the role of the modern woman emerging in the aftermath of the First World War, the Weimar period in Germany. I find her timeless collages inspiring and radical. We still need to question and criticise how women and young girls are exposed and portrayed in the mass media today. South London Women Artists I’m Inside, Ring The Bell 43