auto-destructive
- a word derived from auto-destruct.
Example Sentences
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Metzger issued manifestoes from 1959 on, portraying auto-destructive art as his response to capitalism, nuclear weapons and the destruction of the environment.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
The Britain-based artist Gustav Metzger invented auto-destructive art at the start of the 60s, just as Duchamp was being assimilated as glossy pop.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2018
Mr. Metzger developed his concept of auto-destructive art in 1959, defining it as “art which triggers its own destruction.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2017
Like an architectural expression of Metzger’s theory of auto-destructive art, the edifice will stand for only a week.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2014
He also co-curated an exhibition of auto-destructive art at Tate Liverpool, where he wanted to make a working replica of Tinguely's self-destructing 1960 sculpture Homage to New York – but Tinguely's estate wouldn't let him.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2013
