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Merz : in the beginning was Merz : from Kurt Schwitters to the present day

2000

Format:	Book
Author:	Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948, artist.
Title:	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].
Publisher, Date:	Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, [2000] ©2000
Description:	347 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Subjects:	Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948 -- Exhibitions. Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948 -- Influence. Dadaism -- Influence -- Exhibitions. Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Genre:	Exhibition catalogs.
Other Author:	Meyer-Büser, Susanne, editor. Orchard, Karin, editor. Sprengel Museum Hannover, host institution. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany), host institution. Haus der Kunst München, host institution.
Other Title:	Aller Anfang ist Merz. English In the beginning was Merz : from Kurt Schwitters to the present day
Notes:	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. Translation of: Aller Anfang ist Merz.
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.
LCCN:	2002505286
ISBN:	9783775709514 9783891691557 3775709517 3891691556
Other Number:	45108940
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Control Number:	94953
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Call Number:	709.04 Schwitte

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