Towards an Archaeology of Gesture in Kurt schwitters’ ‘Pointless’ Collage (or how I ‘learned’ about schwitters’ work through painting leftovers)

Ross, Heather orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-1306-8683 (2018) Towards an Archaeology of Gesture in Kurt schwitters’ ‘Pointless’ Collage (or how I ‘learned’ about schwitters’ work through painting leftovers). JAWS: Journal of Arts Writing by Students, 4 (2). pp. 107-120. ISSN 2055-2823

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1386/jaws.4.2.107_1

Abstract

This article will discuss how an analysis of the readable gestures within the work of Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) can provide a new way of experiencing his artwork in the present. Specifically addressing two artworks by Schwitters, Merzoil (1939) and Untitled (with Porcelain Shard) (1946), the article will use theoretical and art- practice-based methods to analyse the ‘stain’, to provide new insights into his work- ing processes, relationship to materials and site. This research is aimed towards a better understanding of Kurt Schwitters’ final ‘Merzbau’ the Merz Barn Wall (1947) situated within the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle.


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