{"product_id":"merz-world-hans-ulrich-obrist-9783905701371","title":"Merz World: Processing the Complicated Order","description":"The evolving artwork and early, all-encompassing installation \u003ci\u003eMerzbau\u003c\/i\u003e was German Dadaist Kurt Schwitters' obsession. He began building a fantastical structure inside his Hanover studio in 1923, which he conceived as a project without end. It gradually took over most of the house. He continued to work on it in different locations throughout his life, remarking that the \u003ci\u003eMerzbau\u003c\/i\u003e contained everything that was important to him. This groundbreaking volume results from the first of a series of Zurich-based symposia on the \u003ci\u003eMerzbau\u003c\/i\u003e and its legacy in contemporary architecture, art and society. The \u003ci\u003eSymposium Merzbau\u003c\/i\u003e sets a new standard for further research on Schwitter's influential project. Edited by curator and writer Hans Ulrich Obrist, this book includes contributions by art historians, critics and architects--including Yona Friedman, Thomas Hirschorn and Gwendolen Webster--who discuss ways in which the \u003ci\u003eMerzbau\u003c\/i\u003e resonates in their fields, and provide new perspectives on Schwitters' under-examined masterwork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hans Ulrich Obrist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3905701375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783905701371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jrpeditions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.57h x 5.51w x 0.42d","brand":"Hans Ulrich Obrist","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659548831999,"sku":"9783905701371","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/merz-world-hans-ulrich-obrist-9783905701371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}