Kurt Schwitters: Color and Collage October 30, 2010

The German artist Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) remains one of the most influential figures of the international avant-garde. In the years following the First World War he coined the term 'Merz,' in reference to his ambition to 'make connections ...between everything in the world.' Placing special emphasis on the significance of color and light in the artist's work and delving into the relationship between collage and painting, 'Kurt Schwitters: Color and Collage' will present the first overview in the U.S. of the artist's oeuvre since the MoMA retrospective of 1985. In addition to a full-scale reconstruction of the Merzbau, the exhibition will include roughly 100 assemblages, reliefs, sculptures, and collages from 1918-1947, with emphasis on 'Merz' works from the 1920s and 1940s.