Actionism

Hermann Nitsch in Tilburg 17 Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/30780627@N05/3935868177

Actionism is the English version of the general German term for performance art, specifically used for Vienna-based group Wiener Aktionismus founded in 1962 whose actions were deliberately shocking, often including self-torture.

(http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/actionism)

Artists: Hermann Nitsch / Gunter Brus /

Otto Muehl /

Rudolf Schwarzkogler

Gunter Brus Self Painting (Aktionskünstler) Mumok Wien https://www.flickr.com/photos/98232746@N02/9174692005

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