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Obrist, Hans Ulrich

 
9783906915920: Gustav Metzger: Interviews with Hans Ulrich Obrist
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3906915921 ISBN 13: 9783906915920
Verlag: Hauser & Wirth, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

The artist’s biography as told by Metzger himself, a leader of the Auto-Destructive Art and Art Strike movements

This publication is a chronological retelling of the life and work of the visionary artist and radical thinker Gustav Metzger (1926–2017) in his own words. He recounts the key moments in his life and career: his Jewish Orthodox childhood in Nuremberg before the Nazis came to power, his arrival in England as part of the Kindertransport, his early development as an artist, and how he came to develop the idea of Auto-Destructive Art and later to coorganize the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966 and the Art Strike of 1977–80. He also talks about his activism to combat environmental destruction as well as his deep admiration for Vermeer. Published to coincide with the PST ART exhibition, this singular volume is a monument to the rediscovery of Metzger in the 21st century, thanks to the urgency of his artistic position and to the enthusiasm and commitment of Metzger’s interlocutor in this book, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

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Born in Germany, Gustav Metzger (1926–2017) was an artist whose legacy is profoundly rooted in political and artistic activism. At the heart of his practice were the constantly opposing yet interdependent forces of destruction and creation. Metzger's auto-destructive art sought to provide a mirror of a social and political system that he felt was unwittingly progressing towards total obliteration. Comprehensive solo exhibitions highlight the significance of Metzger's oeuvre, presented at major institutions such as MMK Frankfurt, Germany; Serpentine Gallery.

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The artist’s biography as told by Metzger himself, a leader of the Auto-Destructive Art and Art Strike movements.

A visionary artist and radical thinker, Gustav Metzger asked provocative questions about the role of the artist and of conventional forms of artmaking and display. In this richly illustrated book, Metzger tells the story of his life and work in a series of interviews with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. He recounts his Orthodox Jewish childhood in 1930s Nuremberg and his arrival in England as part of the Kindertransport before shedding light on his development as an artist, including his early contributions to computer art, his leading role in the Destruction in Art Symposium of 1966, and his call for an ‘art strike’ from 1977–80.

An artist for our times, Metzger’s uncompromising commitment to combating environmental destruction was fundamental to his understanding of art as a vehicle for change. This publication speaks emphatically to the undimmed urgency of Metzger’s artistic position, offering an insight into his interests in ecology and nature and, in the later part of his life, the threat of extinction and the motto he adapted from W. H. Auden: ‘We must become idealists or die.’

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Verlag
Hauser & Wirth
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3906915921
ISBN 13 
9783906915920
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
Herausgeber
Marta Karen
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