Gustav Metzger

1926—2017

Till we have built Jerusalem in England’s green and pleasant land 1998
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In Tate Britain

Modern and Contemporary British Art

Biography

Gustav Metzger (10 April 1926, Nuremberg – 1 March 2017, London) was a stateless 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

Recreation of First Public Demonstration of Auto-Destructive Art

1960, remade 2004, 2015

Liquid Crystal Environment

1965, remade 2005

Projects Unrealised 1

Projects Realised 1 (Monument to Bloody Sunday)

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

To Crawl into - Anschluss, Vienna, March 1938

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

On display at Tate Britain part of Modern and Contemporary British Art

Table

Stories

List

6 Artists Who Use Technology in Their Work

TateShots

Gustav Metzger: Festival of missed fits

TateShots

Gustav Metzger on Life and Art

Exhibition Guide

Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet

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