Once a Chicken, Always a Chicken
1925
About this artwork
A photomontage on paper featuring cut-outs of birds, human figures, and geometric shapes connected by drawn lines. The composition reflects the artist's exploration of non-traditional media during his time at the Bauhaus.
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László Moholy-Nagy was a key figure at the Bauhaus school, where he embraced new technologies and industrial aesthetics to push the boundaries of traditional fine art. His use of photomontage, as seen here, was deeply influenced by the Dadaist movement's rejection of logic and rationalism, though he applied it with a more structured, constructivist sensibility.
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Once a Chicken, Always a Chicken
László Moholy-Nagy, 1925
