Monday 11th November 2013
Continuing to work with collected materials from light bulbs, insulation tape, and electrical wires. My work is very inspired by artists and ideas of Kurt Schwitters. He was one of the first installation artists using found objects as materials, he created the Merzbarn in his parents home and interestingly he was part of the Dada movement whom enjoyed to challenge art and create unusual concepts. Schwitters work was nothing like the art world had seen before (see image below) he was ahead of his time and many concepts of installation and reusing materials are present in contemporary work. I have become fascinated with their themes and concepts from the unusual materials, shapes and combination of image and text.
Schwitters, K. (1923 -1936) Merzbarn[online image][Accessed on 13th November 2013]
http://www.merzbarn.net/hanovermerzbau.html
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