This book is a retrospective of the most personally meaningful and significant works of Austrian artist Günter Brus. In the late 1950s, at the very start of his career, Günter Brus developed a style very close to that of Abstract Expressionism. By 1964 he had become involved with the Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries (alongside Hermann Nitsch and Otto Mühl) and began to stage one-man performances centering on ritual and social catharsis. In these performances, conserved in the form of sketches, photographs and film, the artist used his body as material and medium to denounce the social, political and religious taboos of Western society. During the 1970s Brus' work became more sinister, embodied in the dark, neurotic drawings of that stage of his career. These drawings, first in black and white and later in color, explored illustration, symbolism, and the aesthetics of cruelty, while maintaining their focus on the human body as a primary protagonist. For the past three decades, Brus has concentrated on the creation of 'poem-pictures', literature and theatrical stage design. This publication presents the most personal and significant examples of the artist's work.
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In 1965, the Gunter Brus's first exhibition consisted of informel paintings and photographs of an action - but this was not as "direct" as he wanted to be perceived. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colour pencil, breaking test, body analyses, direct art, white paintings, total actions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gunter Brus, Günter Brus, Ludwig Hoffenreich, Peter Weibel, Wiener Spaziergang, Arnulf Meifert, Die Schastrommel, Johanna Schwanberg, Otto Mühl, Perinet Cellar, Siegfried Klein, Weisser Wind, Alfred Kubin, Die Pfaueninsel, Franz Schreker, Galerie Heike Curtze, Kurt Kren, Arnulf Rainer, Art Informel, Das Namenlos, Der Überblick, Der Balkon Europas, Die Gezeichneten, Die Zernunft, Junge Generation New!
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In 1965, the Gunter Brus's first exhibition consisted of informel paintings and photographs of an action - but this was not as "direct" as he wanted to be perceived. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colour pencil, breaking test, body analyses, direct art, white paintings, total actions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gunter Brus, Günter Brus, Ludwig Hoffenreich, Peter Weibel, Wiener Spaziergang, Arnulf Meifert, Die Schastrommel, Johanna Schwanberg, Otto Mühl, Perinet Cellar, Siegfried Klein, Weisser Wind, Alfred Kubin, Die Pfaueninsel, Franz Schreker, Galerie Heike Curtze, Kurt Kren, Arnulf Rainer, Art Informel, Das Namenlos, Der Überblick, Der Balkon Europas, Die Gezeichneten, Die Zernunft, Junge Generation New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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