| Description |
293 color and duotone illustrations - goo-smeared naked bodies, mutilations, hangings, bindings, decapitations and other shocking artworks from the Viennese Actionism art movement which began in Austria in the 1950's and peaked in the 1960's, featuring Otto Muehl and Hermann Nitsch and others - intro. essay by Hubert Klocker - Peter Gorsen on Viennese Actionism and the celebration of psychophysical naturalism and on the movement's photography - Michaela Poschl on the truth of the bodies, action and representation in Vienna Actionism and post-Actionism - list of works. |