{"product_id":"9783905701371","title":"Merz World: Processing the Complicated Order","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JRP Ringier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059758711024,"sku":"9783905701371","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783905701371_p0.jpg?v=1763702719","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783905701371","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}