page_title: Gustav Metzger
hierarchical_section_title: Gustav Metzger
caption_attribution_description: Gustav Metzger, Manchester International Festival 2009
context_page_description: Gustav Metzger was an artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike.
  Together with John Sharkey, he initiated the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966.
  Metzger was recognised for his protests in the political and artistic realms.
context_section_description: Gustav Metzger (10 April 1926, Nuremberg – 1 March 2017, London) was an artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike. 
  Together with John Sharkey, he initiated the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966. 
  
  Metzger was recognised for his protests in the political and artistic realms.
caption: Gustav Metzger in 2009.
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