Word: merzbau
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Modern Art has dedicated to his work this summer (through Oct. 1) cannot by nature give much idea of Schwitters' larger ambitions. The projects that vented them either were not begun or were destroyed, like the house in Hanover that he transformed into an immense continuous construction, the Merzbau. The show's catalog, written by its curator, John Elderfield of MOMA, far surpasses in lucidity and thoroughness anything else on Schwitters and becomes the authoritative work on the artist. It evokes in brilliant detail the aggressive and sadistic side of Schwitters' lost oeuvre, which was grandiose and trashy but done...