Fully illustrated catalog published in English on the occasion of “Kurt Schwitters MERZ”, a major retrospective exhibition that builds and expands on the gallery’s five decade long exhibition history with the artist. First of three volumes containing original writings by Kurt Schwitters, historical essays by Ernst Schwitters, Ad Reinhardt and Werner Schmalenbach as well as text contributions by Siegfried Gohr, Adrian Notz, Jonathan Fineberg, Karin Orchard, and Flavin Judd.
The German-born artist Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) is best known for his "psychological collages" and his large-scale sculptures. He also experimented with sound art, typography, and architecture and wrote poetry and prose. This volume presents three short stories and a poem by Schwitters, all published here in English for the first time. Included with them is an appreciation of Schwitters by his friend, the surrealist pioneer E.L.T. Mesens, commissioned for ARTnews in 1958 and unavailable since then, and a previously unpublished response by the artist's son Ernst Schwitters. Jasia Reichardt's introduction places these remarkable documents in the context of Schwitters's life and career.
Kurt Schwitters revolutionized the art world in the 1920s with his Dadaist Merz collages, theater performances, and poetry. But at the same time he was also writing extraordinary fairy tales that were turning the genre upside down and inside out. This book gathers thirty-two stories written between 1925 and Schwitters' death in 1948.
This volume documents Kurt Schwitters and his profound influence on the generations of artists that followed him, including artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Joseph Beuys, Jessica Stockholder, and Laura Kikauta.
Traces the life and career of the German artist, discusses his aesthetics, and shows examples of his assemblages, paintings, and sculpture