Gustav Metzger

1926–2017

Head c.1953–9
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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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Artworks

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
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Gustav Metzger To Walk Into - Massacre on the Mount, Jerusalem, 8 October 1990

1996
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Gustav Metzger To Crawl into - Anschluss, Vienna, March 1938

1996
Gustav Metzger Stockholm June: A project for Stockholm 1-15 June 1972, Phase 1 and Phase 2

1972, 2013
Gustav Metzger Table

c.1957–8

Film and audio

TateShots

Gustav Metzger: Festival of missed fits
TateShots

Gustav Metzger on Life and Art

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