Merz World: Processing the Complicated Order (Hapax) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3905701375 ISBN 13: 9783905701371

Publisher: JRP|Editions, 2008

Synopsis

The evolving artwork and early, all-encompassing installation Merzbau was German Dadaist Kurt Schwitters’ obsession. He began building a fantastical structure inside his Hanover studio in 1923, which he conceived as a project without end. It gradually took over most of the house. He continued to work on it in different locations throughout his life, remarking that the Merzbau contained everything that was important to him. This groundbreaking volume results from the first of a series of Zurich-based symposia on the Merzbau and its legacy in contemporary architecture, art and society. The Symposium Merzbau sets a new standard for further research on Schwitter’s influential project. Edited by curator and writer Hans Ulrich Obrist, this book includes contributions by art historians, critics and architects--including Yona Friedman, Thomas Hirschorn and Gwendolen Webster--who discuss ways in which the Merzbau resonates in their fields, and provide new perspectives on Schwitters’ under-examined masterwork.

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Synopsis

This publication derives from the first of a series of Symposium Merzbau at Cabaret Voltaire investigating the legacy of Kurt Schwitters' "Merzbau" in contemporary architecture, art and society. Included are contributions by art historians and critics such as Stefano Boeri, Peter Bissegger, Dietmar Elger, Yona Friedman, Thomas Hirschhorn, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Karin Orchard and Gwendolen Webster. It is edited by Adrian Notz, Curator of Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at Serpentine Gallery in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: JRP|Editions
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3905701375
• ISBN 13: 9783905701371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 124
• Editor: Obrist Hans Ulrich, Notz Adrian