The Conversation Series 16. Gustav Metzger. Hans Ulrich Obrist by Hans Ulrich Obrist

The Conversation Series 16. Gustav Metzger. Hans Ulrich Obrist by Hans Ulrich Obrist

In volume 16 of The Conversation Series, Hans Ulrich Obrist presents an in-depth exchange with the venerable German-born artist and activist Gustav Metzger, which illuminates the artist's fascinating life and 60-year career. In 1959, Metzger penned a manifesto of Auto-destructive art, which states in part, "Auto-destructive paintings, sculptures and constructions have a lifetime varying from a few moments to 20 years. When the disintegrative process is complete, the work is to be removed from the site and scrapped." In this volume, Metzger talks to Obrist about his past and present association with Auto-destructive art, how he has come to fuse his art practice with his political commitment to human rights and ecology, how he escaped the Holocaust at the age of 13 and the many projects he has yet to realize.

Raised as a child in Nazi Germany, Gustav Metzger (born 10 April 1926) is an activist political artist who founded the auto-destructive art movement and called for an Art Strike in the late 1970s to protest art's engagement with capitalism.

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ISBN 13	9783865604989
ISBN 10	3865604986
Title	The Conversation Series 16. Gustav Metzger. Hans Ulrich Obrist
Author	Hans Ulrich Obrist
Series	Conversation Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Buchhandlung Walther Konig GmbH & Co. KG. Abt. Verlag
Year published	2008-10-01
Number of pages	120
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