150 Years of Photojournalism, #1
1989 · Photolithograph (magazine cutout)
Collage: 22.4 × 28.7 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/16 in.); Magazine: 27.5 × 20.7 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Robert Heinecken
1931
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Robert Heinecken manipulated found printed matter through lithography, etching, and direct-exposure photograms, forging unexpected collisions between advertising imagery and editorial photography. Often called a "para-photographer" for rarely using a camera, he prefigured 1980s appropriation art with works such as "Are You Rea" (1966-67), in which magazine pages on light tables revealed unsettling composites of consumer culture.
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