{"product_id":"gustav-metzger-writings-1953-2016-9783037645352","title":"Gustav Metzger: Writings: 1953-2016","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManifestos and texts on auto-destructive art and beyond from countercultural artist and activist Gustav Metzger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together more than 350 texts written between 1953 and 2016, this comprehensive volume establishes artist and activist Gustav Metzger (1926-2017) as one of the towering figures of the 20th century, a long-overdue recognition of Metzger's influential vision. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenowned for his use of unstable materials and chemical reactions to create artworks that embody processes of change, destruction and renewal, Metzger was also a prolific writer, theoretician and satirist. His interest in technology and science and his anti-nuclear activism influenced his development of the concepts of auto-destructive and auto-creative art, terms he coined with his manifestos on Auto-Destructive Art in 1959 and Auto-Creative Art in 1961. He put these ideas into action with artworks made to decay, disintegrate or change following natural processes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by Metzger's long-time friend, curator Mathieu Copeland, this anthology of writings makes Metzger's essential thinking from the 1950s onward available to a wide audience. It includes seminal writings such as Metzger's manifestoes of auto-destructive and auto-creative art, his essays about architecture, and an interview with R. Buckminster Fuller from 1970 and a retrospective manifesto on his own legacy, Remember Nature, from 2013. Also included are examples of Metzger's art criticism, political lampoons and lectures. Altogether \u003ci\u003eGustav Metzger: Writings\u003c\/i\u003e presents a challenging reading of our artistic, political and technological moment as analyzed by one of our most pioneering, discerning thinkers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jrp Ringier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783037645352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.30w x 1.70d","brand":"Gustav Metzger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36675177545884,"sku":"9783037645352","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_52942dcd-8efb-4c87-a9e4-e32cd683f09e.jpg?v=1603933522","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gustav-metzger-writings-1953-2016-9783037645352","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}