Proposed Merzbau survey exhibition at Hancock Museum, 2012
A major international Merzbau survey exhibition and publication is also being considered for Hancock Museum (Tyne and Wear Museums) Newcastle in June 2012. The exhibition would aim to present for the first time extensive documentation and full-scale architectural re-constructions of all four* of Schwitters’ Merzbau projects. Leading architects and artists may also be commissioned to produce new artworks and large scale architectural installations in honour of Schwitters, or aimed at re- interpreting the Merzbauten in some new and creative ways.
* Some experts say that there were two other Merzbaus; one in the Netherlands (1934) and another on the Isle of Man (1941).
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