Artist
Hermann Nitsch
Performance artist and painter
Hermann Nitsch (b. 1938, Vienna, Austria – d. 2022) was an Austrian artist associated with the Viennese Aktionismus movement, known for his controversial performances and ritualistic paintings. His work explores the relationship between art, religion, violence, and catharsis through performances that incorporate blood, sacrifice, and symbolic elements.
Nitsch considered his art a spiritual and purifying experience, challenging aesthetic and social conventions. His work has sparked intense debates about the limits of art and ethics, making him one of the most radical artists of the 20th century.
Exhibitions
- The Ephemeral Village
- There Are Other Worlds, But They Are in This One
- Zanele Muholi
- Femme Femme
- Apocalypse Now
- The Other Face of the Moon
- Lesser Evil
- The Feathers Burning in Flight
- The Veiled Voice (Madrid)
- Mythologies of the Home
- Joel-Peter Witkin
- Creatures
- The Feathers Burning in Flight (Madrid)
- The Golden Scale
- The Memory of the Line
- Invisible Captivity
- The Flame of the Heart als Peus
- Point in Time
- Chronicle Team
- Petits Bijoux
- The Joyful Marginalization
- Neither Submissive nor Devoted
- The Image Burns
- The Flowering of Succulents
- Lights and Shadows
- Historical Memory
- A Minute of Glory
- Keith Haring – Barcelona
- El Dorado
- Miró Lidó
- Emotions in Black
- A Master of Kinetics