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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Shattered Stones
Does anyone has any idea why an installation by Gustav Metzger that is composed of gray bricks placed in different places of Munster city should be called "Aequivalenz-Shattered Stones"? All of the bricks used in it are perfect complete bricks and no broken one is seen among them. It is while "shattered" means broken and crushed as far as I know. I think because this installation is some kind of monument for the damages that world war II brought to this city, it is referring to the "shattered bricks" of the city that were destroyed during the war. Am I right?
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Hi Gustav Metzger's art is influenced by his experience of war. Art is usually thought of as a way of putting things together to make a pleasing pattern. Metzger, I think, is saying - in order to express the horror of war - can we do the opposite?
- Hi Gustav Metzger's art is influenced by his experience of war.
- Art is usually thought of as a way of putting things together to make a pleasing pattern.
- Metzger, I think, is saying - in order to express the horror of war - can we do the opposite?
- Can we express the idea by taking something apart instead?
- You are right about Munster.
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Gustav Metzger's art is influenced by his experience of war. Art is usually thought of as a way of putting things together to make a pleasing pattern. Metzger, I think, is saying - in order to express the horror of war - can we do the opposite? Can we express the idea by taking something apart instead?
You are right about Munster. Before World War II, like many cities in G
Gustav Metzger's art is influenced by his experience of war. Art is usually thought of as a way of putting things together to make a pleasing pattern. Metzger, I think, is saying - in order to express the horror of war - can we do the opposite? Can we express the idea by taking something apart instead?
You are right about Munster. Before World War II, like many cities in G
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red appleit is referring to the "shattered bricks" of the city that were destroyed during the war. Am I right?Read about the project: http://www.aequivalenz.com/en/project.php
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Thanks!
I didn't pick up on the fact that Metzger had invited Coventry to take part. I'm glad that they did
Perhaps that explains the aequivalenz. Although there were military targets around Munster, some feel that the bombing was a retaliation - an equivalent measure against Germany
This is the Coventry website ...
I didn't pick up on the fact that Metzger had invited Coventry to take part. I'm glad that they did
Perhaps that explains the aequivalenz. Although there were military targets around Munster, some feel that the bombing was a retaliation - an equivalent measure against Germany
This is the Coventry website ...
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