Merzbau

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Merzbau is an influential, evolving sculptural and architectural installation by Kurt Schwitters that exemplifies the experimental, collage-based aesthetics of the Dada movement.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Merz 3
Merzbau canonical 2
Kurt Schwitters’ Merz projects 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dada artwork
architectural installation
art installation
sculptural installation
alsoKnownAs Cathedral of Erotic Misery
basedOn collage aesthetics
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Kurt Schwitters
describedAs evolving
room-sized collage
walk-in sculpture
destroyedIn Allied bombing of Hanover
World War II
destructionDate 1943
documentedBy drawings
photographs
reconstructions
endTime 1937
genre abstract art
environmental art
installation art
hasPart cavities
columns
grottoes
niches
hasVersion Merz Barn
Merzbau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Merzbau in Hjertøya

Merzbau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Merzbau in Lysaker
influenced conceptual art
environmental sculpture
installation art
site-specific art
influencedBy Cubism
Dada
Expressionism
languageOfName German
locationOfCreation Hanover
materialUsed collage materials
found objects
plaster
wood
movement Constructivism
Dada
Merzbau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Merz
notableFor immersive spatial collage
integration of sculpture and architecture
use of everyday objects in art
partOf Merzbau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kurt Schwitters’ Merz projects
startTime 1923
titleMeaning Merz building

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dada hasKeyWork Merzbau
Kurt Schwitters movement Merzbau
this entity surface form: Merz
Kurt Schwitters notableWork Merzbau
Kurt Schwitters notableWork Merzbau
this entity surface form: Merz collages
Kurt Schwitters notableConcept Merzbau
this entity surface form: Merz
Merzbau movement Merzbau self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Merz
Merzbau hasVersion Merzbau self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Merzbau in Lysaker
Merzbau hasVersion Merzbau self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Merzbau in Hjertøya
Merzbau partOf Merzbau self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kurt Schwitters’ Merz projects