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Metzger, Gustav
(Art and Mind)
http://www.luftgangster.de/gmetzger.html
Gustav
Metzger was born to Polish-Jewish parents in Nuremberg, Germany
in 1926 and came to Britain as a refugee under the auspices
of the Refugee Children movement. He has been stateless since
the 1940s. He is known as the leading exponent of Auto-Destructive
Art and part of the Fluxus movement of the 1960s. He was also
an active member of CND and attended their early rocket base
campaigns of direct action and occupation.
In
1959 he published the first auto-destructive manifesto Auto-Destructive
Art. This was given as a lecture to the Architecture Association
in 1964, which was taken over by students as an artistic 'Happening'.
In
1961, he participated in the Festival of Misfits with the
Fluxus group, in Gallery One, London. He exhibited the front
page of the Daily Mirror covering the Vietnam War. His contribution
was rejected by the other participants.
Since
then he has continued to make challenging art works around
the world. He currently lives and works in East London.
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