Amor Psyche Action-Vienna
Subtitle: The Feminine in Viennese Actionism
Publisher: Verlag fur Moderne Kunst; Moderne Kunst Nürnberg; Brand: Moderne Kunst Nürnberg
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9783869843704
Subjects: Performance art; Body art; Women in art; Art, austrian; Austrian literature, history and criticism
Description: "Viennese Actionism fought for individual freedom and its movement contributed to greater interpersonal and sexual tolerance. To this day the cultural shock caused by their rebellion against baroque Catholicism and the sacred family can still be felt. The work of the four main protagonists of Viennese Actionism - Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch, Rudolf Schwarzkogler a Günter Brus-would not have been possible without its preceding and contemporary influences. Surrounded by a repressed political past, both men and women were seeking to explore the experience of the highs and lows of 'being human' against the hypocrisy towards sentiments and drang"--http://www.dox.cz/