House of the Day: Merzbau by Kurt Schwitters
April 18th, 2016
April 18th, 2016
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This is German artist Kurt Schwitters’ House or Merzbau, that he worked on from about 1923 until 1937. Famous for his collages, he began translating his works on paper into 3D space. He installed sculptures and painted directly onto the walls until the house became a total work of art, or Gesamtkunstwerke. Arguably he was a forerunner of what later came to be known as Installation Art.
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