Gustav Metzger

Gustav Metzger ( born April 10, 1926 in Nuremberg, Germany) is a German artist ( painting, photography, installations, performances, actions, texts, manifestos, political actions).

Life

Gustav Metzger was born as the son of Orthodox Jews and survived the Holocaust by a bailout of the Refugee Children Movement in England.

He studied art at the Cambridge School of Art in London. He was also an active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Work

Gustav Metzger is a member of performance art. In his work he focuses on the destructive potential of the 20th century, especially he criticizes the capitalist system and the art industry. He is considered the inventor of the "Auto Creative Art ", "Auto Destructive Art", " kinetic painting" and " Historic Photographs ".

Exhibitions

Public collections

  • Migros Museum of Contemporary Art

Trivia

Pete Townshend, a student butcher at Ealing Art College, founded the destruction of the English band The Who with Metzger's concept of Auto-Destructive Art.

Publications

  • Gustav Metzger - Years without Art Editor: Samuel Dangel, Freiburg im Breisgau, modo, 2012 ISBN 978-3-86833-101-1
  • Sabine Breitwieser (ed.): Gustav Metzger. History History. ( Exhibition 11 May-28 August 2005 Generali Foundation, Vienna). Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-7757-1649-1 ( Hatje Cantz ), ISBN 3-901107-46-0 ( Generali Foundation ( Bibliography pp. 285 -. 301, foreword by Dietrich Karner, introduction by Sabine Breitwieser, texts by Justin Hoffmann, Gustav Metzger, Kristine Stiles, Andrew Wilson, with 35 color and 150 b / w illustrations).
  • Gustav Metzger; Hans Ulrich Obrist: Gustav Metzger - Hans Ulrich Obrist. König, Köln 2008, ISBN 978-3-86560-498-9.
  • Manifestos, writings, concepts. Schreiber, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-88960-040-9.
  • Damaged nature, autodestructive art. Coracle, London 1996, ISBN 0-906630-05-3 (Text: Gustav Metzger essays. Andrew Wilson, Clive Phillpot ).
  • Gustav Metzger - Years without Art Editor: Dangel, Samuel and Schmeling, Soren. Texts by Dangel, Samuel, texts of Morat, Franz Armin texts of Schmeling, Soren. modo Verlag 2012 ISBN 978-3-86833-101-1 Freiburg.
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