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Fruit of a Long Experience - Kurt Schwitters
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Description
This wood construction by Kurt Schwitters, titled 'Fruit of a Long Experience', showcases the artist's Dadaist sensibilities through its assemblage of painted wood fragments and found objects in a playful, chaotic composition.
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) was a German artist known for his Dadaist collages and assemblages. He developed his own brand of Dada, which he termed "Merz." This involved creating art from found objects and discarded materials. Schwitters sought to blur the boundaries between art and life, incorporating everyday items into his work. His practice extended to poetry, sound, and performance. He fled Nazi Germany in 1937, eventually settling in England. His work influenced later movements such as Pop Art and Conceptual Art. 'Fruit of a Long Experience' exemplifies Schwitters's Merz aesthetic. It is a three-dimensional construction made from painted wood fragments and found objects. The composition features an assortment of geometric shapes, including rectangular blocks, cylindrical forms, and curved elements. These components are arranged in a seemingly haphazard manner, creating a sense of playful disarray. The colour palette consists of muted greens, browns, and yellows, with occasional touches of red. The surface is textured, revealing the grain of the wood and the brushstrokes of the paint. The overall effect is one of organised chaos, reflecting Schwitters's Dadaist sensibilities.
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
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Fruit of a Long Experience - Kurt Schwitters
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From $130.00 NZD
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From $130.00 NZD
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Fine Art Framed / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / Black frame
Artist Biography
Kurt Schwitters
Schwitters built an artwork inside his house in Hanover. Starting around 1923, the Merzbau grew outward from a column of collaged objects in his studio until there was barely room to live. He worked on it for sixteen years. Allied bombing destroyed it in 1943. He built a second Merzbau in Lysaker, Norway. The Nazis invaded; he abandoned it. It burned down in 1951. He started a third at Cylinders Farm in the English Lake District. He died in January 1948, leaving it unfinished.
He was born in Hanover in 1887, an only child whose father ran a ladies' clothing shop. He suffered from epilepsy throughout his life. He fled to Norway in 1937, then to Scotland in 1940, where he was classified as an enemy alien and interned in camps including Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man. While interned, he allegedly made small sculptures from leftover oatmeal.
His art, which he called Merz (a fragment of the word Kommerz), used collage, found objects, poetry, sound art, typography, and installation. He worked across Dadaism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, often simultaneously. He was largely neglected by the time he died.
He was born in Hanover in 1887, an only child whose father ran a ladies' clothing shop. He suffered from epilepsy throughout his life. He fled to Norway in 1937, then to Scotland in 1940, where he was classified as an enemy alien and interned in camps including Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man. While interned, he allegedly made small sculptures from leftover oatmeal.
His art, which he called Merz (a fragment of the word Kommerz), used collage, found objects, poetry, sound art, typography, and installation. He worked across Dadaism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, often simultaneously. He was largely neglected by the time he died.
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