It is truly fantastic to have an opportunity to take part in this international collage project organised by Ric Kasini Kadour and hosted at the MERZ Gallery, Sanquhar, Scotland.
Running from January 8th - February 20th 2020
MERZ Gallery
Queens Road
Sanquhar DG4 6DH
Scotland, United Kingdom
More about Kurt Schwitters, MERZ and this project by the our host Ric Kasini Kadour below:
For Kurt Schwitters, MERZ was his manifesto. He explained it as “the combination of all conceivable materials for artistic purposes, and technically the principle of equal evaluation of the individual materials.” His intention was to give anything from a used bus ticket to a piece of wire found on the street “equal rights with paint.” MERZ liberated artists by declaring anything potential material for their art making and, to illustrate this concept, he made hundreds of collages which he called MERZ pictures. Such forward thinking led art historian Isabelle Ewig to call him the “Father of the fathers of Pop.” Really, any collage artist working today owes a debt of gratitude to Schwitters, who not only legitimized the medium, but also established a working practice and aesthetic that is the basis of many artists’ contemporary practice.
For more about the Schwitters Army Project march on over HERE.