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Gustav Metzger Quotes

1926–2017 Germany

Gustav Metzger (10 April 1926 – 1 March 2017) was an artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike. Together with John Sharkey, he initiated the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966.

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What is the significance of viewer participation in your work?

Facing up to the Nazis and the powers of the Nazi state coloured my life as an artist.

I don't want my image to appear in the mass media, since it would detract from the project.

Atomic physics, was the worst thing that happened in the 20th century.

Auto-destructive art is conceived as a desperate last-minute subversive political weapon used by artists. It is an attack on the Capitalist system and the production of war materials. It is committed to nuclear disarmament and people's struggle.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gustav Metzger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.