muses went insane and is purported to have been deeply unnerved.32 Fragment 7.1: Auto-destructive Art A perhaps lesser know art movement is auto-destructive art, which was first publically demonstrated by Gustav Metzger on the evening of June 22nd 1960, which involved his slow reveal through the application of acid to a suspended sheet of nylon. He used this method to carry a three-fold message: firstly that society was placing too much faith on mechanical and mechanically produced objects, which would inevitably degrade (what might he have thought of society today?); secondly as a message against consumerism and
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Fig 12 First Public Demonstration of Auto-Destructive Art, Gustav Metzger 1960 copyright Gustav Metzger Source: http://www.tate.org.uk/ art/artworks/metzger-recreation-offirst-public-demonstration-of-autodestructive-art-t12156 Accessed: 05.03.2013