Kurt Schwitters’ resonant objects: matter and politics in early Merz

Examining a selection of 1919 works by the German artist Kurt Schwitters, this essay argues that the artist’s early forays into collage and assemblage (what he dubbed ‘Merz’) can be understood as material instantiations of essential political questions at the time of their making. Above all, Schwitt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham Bader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/bader.pdf