Kurt Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters was born June 20 1887 BirthHannover, Germany.
Died Jan 8 1948 deathAmbleside, England.
Categories: Painting Dada Collage Assemblage Documenta Kassel
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Schwitters war kein bescheidener Mensch (“denn nur die Lumpen sind bescheiden”). Hemmungslos propagierte er den Wert seiner eigenen Werke, verkaufte Collagen, wo er stand und ging, und doch begnügte er sich mit den einfachsten und nötigsten Dingen…
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With Arp, he attended the Kongress der Konstructivisten in Weimar in 1922. There Schwitters met Theo van Doesburg, whose De Stijl [more] principles influenced his work. Schwitters’s Dada [more] activities included his Merz-Matineen and Merz-Abende at which he presented his poetry…
Kurt Schwitters himself described the Merzbau (Merz Building) as his life’s work. The enormous significance which Schwitters attached to this work is evidenced by the fact that, from 1923 onwards, he devoted himself to it assiduously and, despite all untoward circumstances, began it three times: first in Hannover, then in Norway in 1937, and finally in exile in England in 1947…
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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