Biografie von Gustav METZGER (1926-2017)

Personal data

Birth : 04/10/1926 - Nuremberg, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany - United Kingdom

Address

London, United Kingdom

Professional data

Work and Life

1966:Organized the international Destruction in Art Symposium (DIAS).
1960:Created the “Manifesto Auto-destructive Art”: technique of “painting” with acid on nylon.
1959:First exhibition in London, UK.
1939:Escaped to Great Britain.

Work

Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Light installation
Photography :
Audiovisual-Multimedia :

Works

Earth minus environment
Date of creation : 1995
Medium : Installation
Materials : metal-wood-plexiglas
Size : 12 x 120 x 125 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2003

T1+2 Artspace – London, United Kingdom
01/2003

1999

Kunsthalle Nürnberg – Nuremberg, Germany
06/24/1999 – 09/12/1999

1998

Retrospective
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
1998

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Group exhibitions

2004

Art in the 60s: This was Tomorrow
Tate Britain – London, United Kingdom
06/30/2004 – 09/26/2004

2003

C’est arrivé demain – 7ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
09/18/2003 – 01/04/2004

2002

St. Petri-Schnee
Migros Museum – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
06/15/2002 – 08/11/2002

Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Sciences, Religion and Art
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/04/2002 – 08/04/2002

2000

Live in Your Head: concept and experiment in Britain 1965-75
Whitechapel Art Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2000

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Exhibition catalogues

1999

Gustav Metzger: Retrospectives
Publisher: MOMA Museum of Modern Art – 30 Pembroke Street – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
1999

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