Editing Gustav Metzger (section)

{{Short description|Stateless artist and political activist (1926–2017)}}
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| name             = Gustav Metzger
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| image            = Gustav Metzger, Manchester International Festival 2009 (3693540702).jpg
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| caption          = Gustav Metzger in 2009.
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1926|4|10|df=y}} 
| birth_place      = [[Nuremberg]], [[Weimar Republic]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2017|3|1|1926|4|10|df=y}} 
| death_place      = London, England, UK
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| education        = Royal Academy of Fine Arts
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| known_for        = Auto-Destructive Art
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| movement         = Fluxus, Art Strike
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'''Gustav Metzger''' (10 April 1926, [[Nuremberg]] – 1 March 2017, [[London]]) was a [[statelessness|stateless]] 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. 
Metzger was recognised for his protests in the political and artistic realms.{{TOC limit|2}}