Work

Kurt Schwitters made The Cherry Picture from random objects he found in the streets of Hanover, Germany, his hometown. He then glued and nailed these objects to a painted paper board. It was created in 1918 as part of the Merz Pictures, and has said that it represents how everything broke [referring to World War 1 in Germany] and new connections had to be made out of the fragments of what remains. 

I selected this piece of art because I thought the way he put the objects together was interesting and different. The small parts of the board all seem to fit together cohesively and from afar; it is only when you look closely do you see the discontinuity, the randomness and bizarre nature of the objects, and the constant conversation each of the objects has with the others. It's beautiful and incoherent.