Merz : in the beginning was Merz : from Kurt Schwitters to the present day / edited by Susanne Meyer-Büser and Karin Orchard ; [translation from the German, Fiona Elliott].
English-language edition of the 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. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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 -- "What would life be without Merz?" : on the evolution and meaning of Kurt Schwitters' concept of art / Isabel Schulz -- "My goal is the Merzgesamtkunstwerk..." : on the unity of Kurt Schwitters' œuvre / Anette Kruszynski -- "Atelier Merzbau" - the Merzbau in the tradition of artists' studios and the problems of its reconstruction / Ulrich Krempel -- On disappearing in space - walk-in collages from Schwitters to the present day / Susanne Meyer-Büser -- The eloquence of waste : Kurt Schwitters' work and its reception in America / Karin Orchard -- Father of the fathers of pop : Kurt Schwitters / Isabelle Ewig -- Kurt Schwitters and nouveau réalisme / Dietmar Elger -- "Crumple and turbulate" : Kurt Schwitters and the action art of the 1960s / Justin Hoffmann -- "You can't avoid Schwitters" : on the critical reception of the Merz poet since 1945 / Gerhard Schaub.
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