Kurt Schwitters built his practice around the word Merz, an invented category encompassing collage, assemblage, typography, poetry and architecture. Ordinary scraps—tickets, newspaper, labels and found wood—became raw material, while the Merzbau expanded collage into an evolving inhabitable environment.
Collage; assemblage; sculpture; installation; typography; poetry
Artist Films
Contemporary Responses to Kurt Schwitters | TateShots
Major Works
- 1919Merz Picture 1A: The Psychiatrist
- 1919Revolving
- 1919Merzbild Rossfett
- 1921Mz 299
- 1921Merz Picture 32A, The Cherry Picture
- 1923–37Merzbau
- 1937–38Opened by Customs
- 1942–43Difficult
- 1947For Kate
- 1947En Morn
Interviews & Writing
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