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The art self is essentially a form of public art for industrial societies. (...) The painting, sculpture and building self are the union's total idea, place, form, color, method and time of process of disintegration
Metzger G (1959) from the Auto-destructive art manifesto, published in SIGNALS, Sept 1964.
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Gustav Metzger: Frases em inglês
“What is the significance of viewer participation in your work?”
Contexto: What is the significance of viewer participation in your work?
It has to do with kinetic art. Kinetic art has very much to do with the interaction between spectator and art. In the second half of the ’50s, this became a big international movement. When I moved from painting to connections within media, this came through in the first work, which was an exhibition of found cardboard pieces. It was a turning point for me. The world itself, the industrial fabricated world, could stand for the man-made world of art.
Fonte: Ark, Nr. 30-37, 1962.
“Facing up to the Nazis and the powers of the Nazi state coloured my life as an artist.”
Gustav Metzger: 'Destroy, and you create', 2012
“Atomic physics, was the worst thing that happened in the 20th century.”
Gustav Metzger: 'Destroy, and you create', 2012
Gustav Metzger: 'Destroy, and you create', 2012
“I don't want my image to appear in the mass media, since it would detract from the project.”
Gustav Metzger: 'Destroy, and you create', 2012