The years between 1918 and 1933 were known as the Weimar years, it was during these years that Hannah Hoch created a remarkable group of photomontages that exemplify the response to the New Woman ( Lavin p5). In her work entitled " Dada-Ernst" Hoch visually depicts the conflicts Weimar woman faced in relationship to modernity.
The work " Dada-Ernst" was created between 1920 and 1921. When looked upon for the first time "Dada-Ernst" could be considered to be a celebration of the New Woman but it is with this single image that Hoch challenges the representation of the female. (Lavin , pg 6.) Straddling the right side of the image, dominating the composition, are a pair of truncated female legs. Replacing the pubic region of the legs is a man's eye pasted at an angle. Pasted over the eye, but not covering it, are two gold coins; the brightest emblems in the montage. The female's oversized severed legs are positioned right over the woman in the ball gown, as if straddling her, and......
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