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Elikan - Kurt Schwitters
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A classic Merz collage by Kurt Schwitters, featuring a geometric arrangement of paper ephemera and printed text in a muted, balanced palette.
Kurt Schwitters, a central figure in the Dada movement, developed his own unique approach to collage, which he termed Merz. This work, titled Elikan, demonstrates his method of elevating discarded ephemera into a formal composition. By repurposing printed paper, fragments of text, and coloured scraps, Schwitters constructs a visual field that balances geometric rigour with the chaotic nature of urban debris.
The composition relies on the interplay of rectangular forms and varied paper textures. Schwitters arranges these elements to create a sense of depth, despite the inherent flatness of the medium. The inclusion of the word 'Elikan' repeated on a triangular scrap provides a specific linguistic anchor within an otherwise abstract arrangement. The colour palette is restrained, relying on muted ochres, greys, and blacks, punctuated by sharp accents of blue and a single, small red square. This specific use of colour serves to guide the eye across the surface, creating a rhythm that mimics the visual noise of the early twentieth-century city.
Schwitters viewed his Merz works as a way to reassemble a fractured world. By stripping objects of their original function, he allowed them to exist purely as formal components. This piece is a representative example of his ability to find order within fragmentation. The work avoids traditional perspective, instead favouring a layered, architectural approach to the picture plane. It remains a clear example of how Dadaist principles were applied to the medium of collage, transforming everyday waste into a deliberate, constructed aesthetic object.
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
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Elikan - Kurt Schwitters
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Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Kurt Schwitters
Schwitters built an artwork inside his house in Hanover. Starting around 1923, the Merzbau grew outward from a column of collaged objects in his studio until there was barely room to live. He worked on it for sixteen years. Allied bombing destroyed it in 1943. He built a second Merzbau in Lysaker, Norway. The Nazis invaded; he abandoned it. It burned down in 1951. He started a third at Cylinders Farm in the English Lake District. He died in January 1948, leaving it unfinished.
He was born in Hanover in 1887, an only child whose father ran a ladies' clothing shop. He suffered from epilepsy throughout his life. He fled to Norway in 1937, then to Scotland in 1940, where he was classified as an enemy alien and interned in camps including Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man. While interned, he allegedly made small sculptures from leftover oatmeal.
His art, which he called Merz (a fragment of the word Kommerz), used collage, found objects, poetry, sound art, typography, and installation. He worked across Dadaism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, often simultaneously. He was largely neglected by the time he died.
He was born in Hanover in 1887, an only child whose father ran a ladies' clothing shop. He suffered from epilepsy throughout his life. He fled to Norway in 1937, then to Scotland in 1940, where he was classified as an enemy alien and interned in camps including Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man. While interned, he allegedly made small sculptures from leftover oatmeal.
His art, which he called Merz (a fragment of the word Kommerz), used collage, found objects, poetry, sound art, typography, and installation. He worked across Dadaism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, often simultaneously. He was largely neglected by the time he died.
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