Hermann Nitsch

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Hermann Nitsch (Vienna, 29 August 1938 – Mistelbach, 18 April 2022) was an Austrian artist who worked in experimental and multimedia modes. Nitsch received training in painting during the time he studied at the Wiener Graphische Lehr-und Versuchanstalt. He is called an "actionist" or a performance artist. He is associated with the Vienna Actionists, and like them conceived his art outside traditional categories of genre. Nitsch's abstract splatter paintings, like his performance pieces, established a theme of controlled violence, using bright reds, maroons, and pale greys that communicate organic mutilation. In the 1950s, Nitsch conceived of the Orgien Mysterien Theater (which roughly translates as "Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries"), staging nearly 100 performances between 1962 and 1998. Nitsch's work, which can be considered both ritualistic and existential, first drew attention in the early 1960's when he exhibited a skinned and mutilated lamb. The lamb was crucified against a white fabric-covered wall, with the entrails removed and displayed below a white table, splashed with blood and hot water. This was accompanied by Nitsch's "Geräuschmusik". Nitsch's subsequent work has incorporated many similar elements, often combining slaughtered animals, red fruits, music, dancing, and active participants. Nitsch juxtaposed slaughtered animal intestines with quasi-religious icons such as staged crucifixions, satirizing and questioning the moral ethics of atavistic religion and

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Island: Eine Sinfonie In 10 Sätzen

Orgelkonzert Jesuitenkirche

Orgien Mysterien Theater 25. Aktion

Albertina Quartett (Live)

Nitsch: Symphony No. 9

Musik der 135. Aktion, Kuba

Harmoniumwerk Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4

Das 6-Tage-Spiel Des Orgien Mysterien Theaters

Die Geburt Des Dionysos Christos

Hermann Nitsch für Anton Bruckner - Bruckner V Reloaded

Orgelkonzert. 9. dez. 1986. Linz

Akustisches Abreaktionsspiel

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