The Merzbush
The Merzbush:
elegies to Kurt Schwitters
June 2010
...or an ambitious exhibition of installation art that"makes connections between everything in the world.”
Norte Maar, 83 Wyckoff Avenue, #1B, Brooklyn
Artists: Phong Bui, Ali Aschman, Michele Araujo, Ben Godward, Rico Gatson, Suzanne Goldenberg, Brece Honeycutt, Norman Jabaut, Ellen Letcher, Amy Lincoln, Ryan Schroeder, and Josette Urso.
Held in conjunction with 2010 Bushwick Open Studios.
Bushwick, Brooklyn — In the years following World War I, the cubist Kurt Schwitters coined the term “Merz” in reference to his life ambition to “make connections between everything in the world.” Through the use of painting, sculpture, collage and graphic design, Schwitters hoped to unify life and art by incorporating non-art into his work. Schwitters is well known for his collage, but the artist also altered interiors of living spaces. The most famous of these being The Merzbau, which utilized hundreds of found materials, took over 10 years in the making, and transformed a family house into a living walk-in sculpture. Schwitters’ The Merzbau was the pioneer of installation art.
The Merzbush featured the creative genius of several artists who transformed rooms of an apartment into living sculpture.
