The Reconstruction of Kurt Schwitters' 

MERZ Building


For the exhibition "Dada and Constructivism", 1988-89, at Annely Juda Fine Art, London, a practical "travel copy" of the Merz Building was made under Peter Bissegger's direction.

This was also exhibited in:

-1988

Tokyo

Seibu Museum of Modern Art

 

Osaka

Seibu Museum of Modern Art

-1989

Kamakura

Museum of Contemporary Art

 

Madrid

Centro de Arte Reina Sofia

 

 

 

It was later shown in the following museums:

 

 

 

-1990

Montreal

Museum of Modern Art

-1991

Lyon

Halle Garnier, 2ème Biennale d'art moderne

-1993

Edinburgh

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

-1994-95

Paris

Centre Georges.Pompidou, Retrospective Kurt Schwitters

 

Valencia

Museo d'arte moderna

 

Grenoble

Musée d'art moderne

-1998

Copenhagen

Arken Museum

-1998

Lille

Musée d'art moderne, Villeneuve d'Asq

-2000

Berlin

Hamburger Bahnhof, Centenary Exhibition

-2001-02

Hanover

Sprengel Museum (Kurt Schwitters und die Folgen - Kurt Schwitters and the Consequences)

 

Düsseldorf

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

 

Munich

Haus der Kunst

-2001

Milan

Padiglione d'arte moderna

-2002

Vienna

Kunst Forum Vienna

-2003

Mexico City

Museo de Arte Moderna

-2004

Lodz

Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi

 

Basel

Museum Tinguely

-2005

Berlin

Landesvertretung Niedersachsen

-2007

Rotterdam

Museum Boijmans van Boijningen

-2008 São Paulo Pinacoteca
  Curitiba Museu Oscar Niemeyer
-2008 Baden-Baden Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
-2009 Oslo Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
-2010 Houston The Menil Collection
  Princeton

University Art Museum

-2011 Berkeley Art Museum
-2012 Biot Musée National Fernand Léger
     
In preparation:    
     
-2014 Rouen Musée des Beaux-Arts

 

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