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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

Mr. Metzger discovered his ideal medium for auto-destructive art with a form of action painting.

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

How many Who fans knew or cared that his ritual guitar-smashing was inspired by Gustav Metzger's theory of auto-destructive art?

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2012