ABSTRACT
John Heartfield was a German artist and designer who joined the German Communist Party in 1918 and who then served the cause of the Party for the rest of his life. Heartfield responded to the rise of fascism in Italy, Spain and Germany with a striking series of satirical photo-montages that were published on the covers of magazines such as A-I-Z. A significant number of contemporary artists in Europe and North America are indebted to Heartfield and contribute to the evolving tradition of political photo-montage. Community art encompassed a wide variety of activities and media; local radio, cable television, video and photography workshops, poster print-shops and street theatre. In terms of the political struggle at national and international levels, community art's local character was a limitation. Community muralists were usually left-wing, professional artists with some fine art training and experience who had become disillusioned with the art gallery/museum system.
