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Date
Title
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Description
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U9811
01.01.1960
Monument with Rust - Gustav Metzger
Unbuilt Roads
  • three projects about which I have been thinking for some time. The first construction is to be about 18 feet high with a base about 24 ft. by 18 ft. The principle of this technique was suggested by Mr. E. LI. Evans, who worked in the corrosion of meta ...

    three projects about which I have been thinking for some time.

    The first construction is to be about 18 feet high with a base about 24 ft. by 18 ft. The principle of this technique was suggested by Mr. E. LI. Evans, who worked in the corrosion of metals research group at the National Chemical Laboratory.

    It consists of using mild steel 1/811 thick. The structure consists of three slabs. These highly polished forms exposed to an industrial atmosphere would start to corrode. The process continues until the structure gets weakened by the loss of material. In about ten years time most of the construction will have disintegrated. The remaining girders will then be removed and the site cleared. This is a fairly simple form of auto-destructive art and not expensive compared with the next project . (18)(19)

    (eventually reasons why the work has not been realised)

    Lack of interest by the public

    Previous Publications (?)

    Daily Eypen, London, 10 March, 1960
    Bewogen Beweging Catalogue, Stegelijk
    Museum, Amsterdam, 1961
    Metzger at AA, London 1965, 2nd Edition
    Stephen Bann, Experimental Painting, London, 1970

    Exisiting Documents (photos, drawings, models):

    Yes, are available

    Other remarks

    Is there anyone out there listening?

    three projects about which I have been thinking for some time. The first construction is to be about 18 feet high with a base about 24 ft. by 18 ft. The principle of this technique was suggested by Mr. E. LI. Evans, who worked in the corrosion of meta ...

    three projects about which I have been thinking for some time.

    The first construction is to be about 18 feet high with a base about 24 ft. by 18 ft. The principle of this technique was suggested by Mr. E. LI. Evans, who worked in the corrosion of metals research group at the National Chemical Laboratory.

    It consists of using mild steel 1/811 thick. The structure consists of three slabs. These highly polished forms exposed to an industrial atmosphere would start to corrode. The process continues until the structure gets weakened by the loss of material. In about ten years time most of the construction will have disintegrated. The remaining girders will then be removed and the site cleared. This is a fairly simple form of auto-destructive art and not expensive compared with the next project . (18)(19)

    (eventually reasons why the work has not been realised)

    Lack of interest by the public

    Previous Publications (?)

    Daily Eypen, London, 10 March, 1960
    Bewogen Beweging Catalogue, Stegelijk
    Museum, Amsterdam, 1961
    Metzger at AA, London 1965, 2nd Edition
    Stephen Bann, Experimental Painting, London, 1970

    Exisiting Documents (photos, drawings, models):

    Yes, are available

    Other remarks

    Is there anyone out there listening?