Exhibitions Current Preview Archive Visitor's information Publications Order form		Gustav Metzger   24th June - 12th September 1999 Opening: Wednesday 23rd June 1999 at 8.00 p.m.   Gustav Metzger, born in Nuremberg in 1926, is a representative of the action-artists of the late 50's and the 1960's. He made a name for himself as the founder of the "Destruction in Art Symposium" (DIAS) in London in September 1966. Metzger devotes his attention to those structures in art which are quasi mechanical, machine-controlled. Historic Photographs: Liquidation of Warsaw Ghetto, 1995 (Aufbausituation) Gustav Metzger's artistic activities, like his life as a whole, are characterised by his untiring commitment towards an "other world". He sees art as a means of social criticism, as a political act with the object of changing society. His action programmes, manifestos and projects, many of which were never realised, took a critical look at topical social problems, environmental questions and the art system itself. Long before the 90's when art was recognised to be a "service industry", a further step in the process by which the restrictions inherent in the traditional definition of art are being overcome, Gustav Metzger was calling into question the traditional standards and values in his radical action-projects and concepts. Among the most recent of Gustav Metzger's works is the series of "Historic Photographs" in which well-known historical photographs are re-presented in such a forceful way that they become a new optical experience. The exhibition was compiled by the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford and will be augmented in Nuremberg by new works by Gustav Metzger and a detailed documentation. An accompanying publication will be available at the exhibition.
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