Merz
Subtitle: in the beginning was Merz : from Kurt Schwitters to the present day
By: edited by Susanne Meyer-Büser and Karin Orchard ; [translation from the German, Fiona Elliott].
Contributors: Meyer-Büser, Susanne.; Orchard, Karin.; Sprengel Museum Hannover.; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany); Haus der Kunst München.
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Ostfildern
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948 -- Exhibitions; Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948 -- Influence; Dadaism -- Influence -- Exhibitions; Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: In the beginning was Merz :
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Catalogue published to accompany the exhibition held at Sprengel-Museum Hannover, Aug. 20-Nov. 5, 2000; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen Düsseldorf, Nov. 25, 2000-Feb. 18, 2001; Haus der Kunst München, Mar. 9-May 20, 2001.
Table of contents: title: Kurt Schwitters and Hanover, or of the trade and the traffic of the residents in the settlement where Mr Schwitters is forced to live / Ines Katenhusen; title: "What would life be without Merz?" : on the evolution and meaning of Kurt Schwitters' concept of art / Isabel Schulz; title: "My goal is the Merzgesamtkunstwerk ..." : on the unity of Kurt Schwitters' œuvre / Anette Kruszynski; title: "Atelier Merzbau" - the Merzbau in the tradition of artists' studios and the problems of its reconstruction / Ulrich Krempel; title: On disappearing in space - walk-in collages from Schwitters to the present day / Susanne Meyer-Büser; title: The eloquence of waste : Kurt Schwitters' work and its reception in America / Karin Orchard; title: Father of the fathers of pop : Kurt Schwitters / Isabelle Ewig; title: Kurt Schwitters and nouveau réalisme / Dietmar Elger; title: "Crumple and turbulate" : Kurt Schwitters and the action art of the 1960s / Justin Hoffmann; title: "You can't avoid Schwitters" : on the critical reception of the Merz poet since 1945 / Gerhard Schaub.