Gustav Metzger

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:00
at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)

On view
16 Sep 2015-22 Jan 2016

Gustav Metzger

Withdrawal and protest have been, for decades, dominating the artistic practice of Gustav Metzger (b. 1926 in Nuremberg, living in London). The great aim of his work is profound social change. For his solo exhibition at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Metzger is planning the presentation of his work Mass Media – Today and Yesterday (1972/2015). This work, which Metzger has been continuously updating since 1972, consists of pallets with stacks of hundreds of different newspapers. The visitors are encouraged to cut out pictures and articles from the papers, which they associate with the subject extinction. The clippings are arranged along the wall as an ever growing and changing collage.

Joseph Beuys, René Block, Aufbau der  Ausstellung „Ja, jetzt brechen wir hier den  Scheiß ab“, Galerie René Block, Berlin, 1979 /  installation of the exhibition “Ja, jetzt brechen  wir hier den Scheiß ab”, Galerie René Block,  Berlin, 1979  Foto / Photo: Christiane Hartmann
Joseph Beuys, René Block, Aufbau der Ausstellung „Ja, jetzt brechen wir hier den Scheiß ab“, Galerie René Block, Berlin, 1979 / installation of the exhibition “Ja, jetzt brechen wir hier den Scheiß ab”, Galerie René Block, Berlin, 1979 Foto / Photo: Christiane Hartmann