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Auto-destructive art is conceived as a desperate last-minute subversive political weapon used by artists. It is an attack on the Capitalist system and the production of war materials. It is committed to nuclear disarmament and people's struggle.

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Atomic physics, was the worst thing that happened in the 20th century.

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Facing up to the Nazis and the powers of the Nazi state coloured my life as an artist.

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I don't want my image to appear in the mass media, since it would detract from the project.

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At the beginning I was confronted with a choice: move into art or revolutionary politics,... I took the path of art at the age of 18.... I could see this possibility of using the ideas of social change within art.

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Gustav Metzger

Gustav Metzger

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Born: April 10, 1926

Died: March 1, 2017 (aged 90)

Bio: Gustav Metzger was an artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike. Together with John Sharkey, he initiated the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966.

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