Skip to main content
Unplaced
Edit position
Edit position

No position recorded yet. Picking a shelf here sets the manual override.

Auf dem weg zu ZERO : Christian Megert, Linie und Struktur 1955-1961
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

Auf dem weg zu ZERO : Christian Megert, Linie und Struktur 1955-1961

by Christian Megert

Written in English and German, this volume explores the transition from Informal Art towards abstract, highly structured forms characterised by regularity, order and a linear structure of forms.

Accession 13592 ISBN 9783894799083 Publisher DIEHL
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
Auf dem weg zu ZERO : Christian Megert, Linie und Struktur 1955-1961 spine
Auf dem weg zu ZERO : Christian Megert, Linie und Struktur 1955-1961 cover
Live
No live
No live
Auf dem weg zu ZERO : Christian Megert, Linie und Struktur 1955-1961 spine
No live
Auf dem weg zu ZERO : Christian Megert, Linie und Struktur 1955-1961 cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
Art Artists Order Painting Sculpture Simplicity
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
True
position_updated_at
never
orientation
unknown
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
none captured
spine_text
none captured

Metadata

Book form
LOCATION HISTORY
No location history available for this book.
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-06-09 15:40 (21 hours, 12 minutes ago)

Identity

name→ title
Auf dem weg zu ZERO : Christian Megert, Linie und Struktur 1955-1961
vernon_id
21764
accession_no→ accession_number
13592
vernon_slug
auf-dem-weg-zu-zero-christian-megert-linie-und-struktur-1955-1961

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
On Shelf
location_name
Zone S1/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
On Shelf
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
9783894799083

Descriptive

production_date
2014
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication, Exhibition catalogues/Catalogues/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
Christian Megert, born in 1936 in Bern, is regarded as a representativ of Informal Art. Expressive strength, the irrational element, and glorification of the "simple" values make up his artworks. However, it is soon revealed to the beholder that the artist's work is nourished by other sources than pure Informal Art. He turns to abstract art, which in turn sets him apart of from the irrational current of the informal oevre of the likes of Jean Fautrier or Jean Dubuffet and from the dogma of topology. Strict regularity and order lend his works something meditative and concentrated. Every form of the desperate dynamism inherent in them and even spontaneous projections of his "gesture" were neglected in favor of a linear and rigid structure of forms. This approach stands in contrast to the romantically tinged Informal Art or to the compulsion for aesthetics.

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
Christian Megert
tags→ tags
Art, Arts, Sculpture, Painting, Graphic arts, Painting, Modern -- 20th century, Painting, Abstract
subject_people
Christian Megert (Swiss, b.1936)
subject_objects
—

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
21882

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.
Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "auf-dem-weg-zu-zero-christian-megert-linie-und-struktur-1955-1961"
"opacObjectId": "21764"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "21882"
"cssColors": [2 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "708090"
"hue": 210
"rank": 1
"presence": 94.88
"colorName": "slategray"
"lightness": 50
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 13
"formattedColorName": "slate gray"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "778899"
"hue": 210
"rank": 2
"presence": 3.39
"colorName": "lightslategray"
"lightness": 53
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 14
"formattedColorName": "light slate gray"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "293737"
"hue": 180
"rank": 1
"presence": 94.88
"lightness": 18
"saturation": 14
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "f1f2f2"
"hue": 180
"rank": 2
"presence": 3.39
"lightness": 94
"saturation": 3
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "727d7b"
"hue": 169
"rank": 3
"presence": 1.24
"lightness": 46
"saturation": 4
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "919e9b"
"hue": 166
"rank": 4
"presence": 0.14
"lightness": 59
"saturation": 6
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "5c6c6b"
"hue": 176
"rank": 5
"presence": 0.35
"lightness": 39
"saturation": 7
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "94949c"
"hue": 240
"rank": 6
"presence": 0.0
"lightness": 59
"saturation": 3
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "5c646c"
"hue": 210
"rank": 7
"presence": 0.0
"lightness": 39
"saturation": 7
"imageLabels": [10 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 10019
"score": 88.32
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Rectangle"
"imageLabelId": 11
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 19418
"score": 77.44
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Font"
"imageLabelId": 12
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 2364
"score": 76.11
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Tints and shades"
"imageLabelId": 13
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 5578
"score": 72.6
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Pattern"
"imageLabelId": 24
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 380
"score": 71.07
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Space"
"imageLabelId": 258
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 3985
"score": 67.73
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Electric blue"
"imageLabelId": 49
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 875
"score": 66.94
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Darkness"
"imageLabelId": 10
"[7]": {5 keys}
"count": 559
"score": 66.63
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Monochrome photography"
"imageLabelId": 241
"[8]": {5 keys}
"count": 460
"score": 63.37
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Monochrome"
"imageLabelId": 242
"[9]": {5 keys}
"count": 3297
"score": 56.01
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Circle"
"imageLabelId": 8
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/7690/5a48a0c304a1ac1dd2419c6ac133ef270c5bfee3.jpg"
"width": "556"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/7690/5a48a0c304a1ac1dd2419c6ac133ef270c5bfee3.jpg"
"width": "278"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/7690/5a48a0c304a1ac1dd2419c6ac133ef270c5bfee3.jpg"
"width": "24"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/7690/5a48a0c304a1ac1dd2419c6ac133ef270c5bfee3.jpg"
"width": "104"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/7690/5a48a0c304a1ac1dd2419c6ac133ef270c5bfee3.jpg"
"width": "52"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/7690/5a48a0c304a1ac1dd2419c6ac133ef270c5bfee3.jpg"
"width": "834"
"height": "1200"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 1.3077818
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "13592"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Auf dem weg zu ZERO : Christian Megert, Linie und Struktur 1955-1961"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "Auf dem weg zu ZERO : Christian Megert, Linie und Struktur 1955-1961"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Megert, Christian"
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "2014"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "2014-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "2014-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Christian Megert, born in 1936 in Bern, is regarded as a representativ of Informal Art. Expressive strength, the irrational element, and glorification of the "simple" values make up his artworks. However, it is soon revealed to the beholder that the artist's work is nourished by other sources than pure Informal Art. He turns to abstract art, which in turn sets him apart of from the irrational current of the informal oevre of the likes of Jean Fautrier or Jean Dubuffet and from the dogma of topology. Strict regularity and order lend his works something meditative and concentrated. Every form of the desperate dynamism inherent in them and even spontaneous projections of his "gesture" were neglected in favor of a linear and rigid structure of forms. This approach stands in contrast to the romantically tinged Informal Art or to the compulsion for aesthetics."
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "On Shelf"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"On Shelf""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone S1/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Exhibition catalogues/Catalogues/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Exhibition catalogues/Catalogues/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Main Collection/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Main Collection/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Berlin/Germany"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "DIEHL"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "[15 pages], 23 plates, [5 pages] : illustrations (colour) ; 35 cm."
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "English"
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "German"
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "9783894799083"
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "709.2 MEG"
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone S1/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [3 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Painting, Abstract/Painting, Modern -- 20th century/Graphic arts/Art/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Painting, Abstract/Painting, Modern -- 20th century/Graphic arts/Art/Arts""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Painting/Graphic arts/Art/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Painting/Graphic arts/Art/Arts""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "Sculpture/Art/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Sculpture/Art/Arts""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Christian Megert. Auf dem Weg zu ZERO. Linie und Struktur 1955-1961.; 13 Sep 2014-15 Nov 2014"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_event:"Christian Megert. Auf dem Weg zu ZERO. Linie und Struktur 1955-1961.; 13 Sep 2014-15 Nov 2014""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Christian Megert (Swiss, b.1936)"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_person:"Christian Megert (Swiss, b.1936)""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [1 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "christian-megert"
"title": "Christian Megert"
"relatedRecordId": "10940"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 1
"totalRelationships": 1
Topics and Themes