{"id":4597,"date":"2010-05-04T16:30:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T14:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/?p=4597"},"modified":"2016-11-01T11:48:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T09:48:54","slug":"manure-doesnt-exist-everything-is-material-to-markus-meurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/publications\/manure-doesnt-exist-everything-is-material-to-markus-meurer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cManure doesn\u2019t exist\u201d. Everything is material to Markus Meurer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h1>Out of Art, May 2010, pp. 24-\u00ad27<\/h1>\n<p>German-born Markus Meurer inherited his father\u2019s talent for seeing a living entity in every object. \u2018Manure doesn\u2019t exist. Neither does rubbish.\u2019 His sculptures, collages, jewellery and paintings using found objects are created by continually adding to the materials. Meurer believes that the revaluation of objects contributes to the moral edification and psychological healing of the people around him. He calls himself a \u2018sufferer\u2019 with salvation as his duty in life. With his missionary-like traits, he saves objects, himself and the world. Those around him think he is antisocial and a danger to public health.<br \/>\nAuthor: Frans Smolders<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4599\" title=\"Meurer's living room in Monreal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN2581-470x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN2581-470x312.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN2581-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN2581-730x485.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of Art, May 2010, pp. 24-\u00ad27 German-born Markus Meurer inherited his father\u2019s talent for seeing a living entity in every object. \u2018Manure doesn\u2019t exist. Neither does rubbish.\u2019 His sculptures, collages, jewellery and paintings using found objects are created by continually adding to the materials. Meurer believes that the revaluation of objects contributes to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/OS02120908.tif.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6942,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions\/6942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectiedestadshof.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}