Gustav Metzger
1926–2017
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In Tate Modern
Biography
Gustav Metzger (10 April 1926, Nuremberg – 1 March 2017, London) was a German 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.
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Gustav Metzger Recreation of First Public Demonstration of Auto-Destructive Art
1960, remade 2004, 2015 -
Gustav Metzger Liquid Crystal Environment
1965, remade 2005 -
Gustav Metzger Projects Unrealised 1
1971, 1998 -
Gustav Metzger Projects Realised 1 (Monument to Bloody Sunday)
1972, 1998 -
Gustav Metzger To Crawl into - Anschluss, Vienna, March 1938
1996 -
Gustav Metzger Table
c.1957–8 -
Gustav Metzger Painting on Cardboard
c.1961–2
Film and audio
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