Cover title; subtitle from page [3]; editors from imprint. Includes bibilographical references Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The 4 actionists and Kurt Kren. Karl Iro Goldblat -- The feminine in Viennese actionism -- Vienna : afterwards and further -- Body and politics / Pilar Parcerisas -- Looking through the "crural cleft--pussy" (Brus) : material, objectival, and symbolic dimensions of actionist themes / August Ruhs -- The truth of the bodies : action and representation in Vienna actionism / Michaela Pöschl -- Nameless nymphs and unappreciaetd assistants : the women beside and behind the Viennese actionists / Almuth Spiegler -- We were hidden under some kind of invisible burka Anna Brus in conversation with Andrea Schurlan -- Matriarchy by the grace of Otto / Karl Iro Goldblat -- The 4 actionists and Kurt Kren.
Summary:
"Viennese Actionism fought for individual freedom and its movement contributed to greater interpersonal and sexual tolerance. To this day the cultural shock caused by their rebellion against baroque Catholicism and the sacred family can still be felt. The work of the four main protagonists of Viennese Actionism - Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch, Rudolf Schwarzkogler a Günter Brus-would not have been possible without its preceding and contemporary influences. Surrounded by a repressed political past, both men and women were seeking to explore the experience of the highs and lows of 'being human' against the hypocrisy towards sentiments and drang"--http://www.dox.cz/
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