Main entry:

Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948.

Title & Author:

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].

Publication:

Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, 2000.

Description:

345 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
English-language edition of the catalogue published to accompany the exhibition held at Sprengel-Museum Hannover, Aug. 20-Nov. 5, 2000; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen D?usseldorf, Nov. 25, 2000-Feb. 18, 2001; Haus der Kunst M?unchen, Mar. 9-May 20, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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'?uvre / 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-B?user -- The eloquence of waste : Kurt Schwitters' work and its reception in America / Karin Orchard -- Father of the fathers of pop : Kurt Schwitters / Isabelle Ewig.
(Cont.) Kurt Schwitters and nouveau r?ealisme / 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.
With essays by Isabel Schulz, Anette Kruszynski, Ulrich Krempel, Justin Hoffmann, and others.

ISBN:

3775709517 (Trade edition)
9783775709514 (Trade edition)
3891691556 (Exhibition catalogue)
9783891691557 (Exhibition catalogue)

Subject:

Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948.
Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948 Expositions.
Merz.
Arts, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Dadaism Influence Exhibitions.
Art 20e siècle Expositions.
Dadaïsme Influence Expositions.
Arts 20e siècle Expositions.
Arts, Modern
Dadaism Influence

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Meyer-Büser, Susanne.
Orchard, Karin.
Sprengel Museum Hannover.
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)
Haus der Kunst München.

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

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226921
Call No.: N44.S4155 M47 2000
Status: Available