Gustav Metzger

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Liquid Crystal Environment

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  • Contemporary bedroom
  • Rustic bedroom
Gustav Metzger: Liquid Crystal Environment

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As part of his Auto-Destructive and Auto-Creative works, Metzger encouraged artists to collaborate with scientists and engineers, to produce artworks that would change over time. Technology is central to Liquid Crystal Environment, a large work that is made up of five projectors, each with a single slide containing liquid crystals. The projectors have rotating polarising filters and a cooling and heating system that cause the liquid crystal to liquefy or freeze, creating psychedelic effects of shifting colour and form.

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  • Artist Gustav Metzger
  • Artwork Liquid Crystal Environment
  • Material FSC Certified paper and wood
  • Credit Original: 5 control units, liquid crystals and slide, 35 mm, 5 projections, colour Duration: 22 min overall display dimensions variable Tate. Purchased 2006 © The Gustav Metzger Foundation and the Estate
Gustav Metzger (1926 – 2017) was a German artist and political activist, who lived and worked in East London, UK. Evacuated to Britain as a child under the Refugee Children Movement in 1939, Metzger studied later at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, funded by a grant from the UK Jewish community. The horrors of the Second World War had a lasting effect on Metzger, and he became known for his political protest art. To highlight the destruction caused by war, he created the Auto-Destructive Art movement in 1959, and from the 1970s onwards, he made works that warned about the damage inflicted on the environment by global warming and the loss of natural resources. Several of his artworks form part of the Tate collection, and are regularly on display at Tate Modern.
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DELIVERY TIMES

We aim to deliver custom prints within 1-2 weeks. For international orders, delivery may take 2-4 weeks.

As each print is handmade to order they take a little longer to prepare. We’ll dispatch your order as soon as it is ready, separately from any other items.

UNFRAMED PRINTS DELIVERY CHARGES

UK — £3.60 per order

Europe — £15.00 per order

Rest of world — £28.00 per order

FRAMED & CANVAS PRINTS DELIVERY CHARGES

UK — £7.50 per print

Europe — £20.00 per print

Rest of world — £50.00 per print

We currently offer free standard delivery on all UK orders over £60. Here’s more information on delivery.

REFUNDS & RETURNS

As custom prints are made to order, unfortunately we cannot accept returns if you have changed your mind or made a mistake.

If we have made a mistake, or there is a problem with your order, then please contact our customer service team at at shop@tate.org.uk.

Here’s more information on refunds & returns.