Adolf the Superman

"Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk," John Heartfield, 1932

Meaning and intention behind this art work.

Base on the Word war and Politic is where this piece derives its meaning. This photo montage is referencing Adolf Hitler when he received the financial backing from the wealthy industrialist. John Heartfield eared Germany would vote for the communist government and he portrayed his views and stance through his work. In this art you can see the inside of Adolf Hitler made up of rib cages and coins for a spine. His heart is replaced with a swastika representing his cause.  

There is a phrase that goes “A picture is worth 1000 words”. This is exactly the thought I get when I look at this picture. Adolf Hitler is represented as if an x-ray was taken of him, The colors are black and rusted gold. Replacing the organs there is nothing, just ribs a swastika and coins as a spinal cord. This represent a lot. Goes to show how highly Mr. Heartfield thought of Adolf Hitler. Nearly spineless, I mean a stake of coin holding up your entire body is as about as useful as set of Jenga holding up your spinal cord, its bound to tilt over. Also there is no heart which to me means someone ruthless, cold, inconsiderate and so on.