Event overview
C O N T E M P O R A R Y A R T T A L K S
GUSTAV METZGER
Wednesday 16 May, 5.30-7pm (NAB LG02)
Gustav Metzger was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1926 to Polish-Jewish parents. He and his brother escaped to England, but his parents remained behind and perished in the Holocaust. This firsthand experience of displacement and destruction shaped Metzger’s subsequent outlook on the
relationship between art and society. Best known for his theory of Auto-destructive art, pioneered in the 1960s, Metzger has consistently viewed the artist’s role to be one that embraces political activism and seeks radical social change. During the past forty years, his work has touched on issues of nuclear disarmament, war, consumerism, and
environmental destruction.
Metzger currently lives and works in London. His work was the subject of the recent retrospectives: “Gustav Mezger— Decades: 1959–2009” at the Serpentine Gallery, London and “Gustav Mezger Historic Photographs” at the New Museum, New York, 2010. He has exhibited extensively with recent solo
exhibitions of his work held at the Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw; Westfalischer Kunstverein, Munster; Lunds Konsthall, Sweden; and the Generali Foundation, Vienna. His work was included in the 2009 Tate Triennial, the 2008 Yokohama Triennial; the 2007 Skulptur Projekte Münster; and the 2010 Gwangju Biennale, “10000 Lives.”
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Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 16 May 2012 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
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