Wiener Sezession
1987
Hermann Nitsch's Wiener Sezession is a mixed media work on paper from 1987 that combines various materials and techniques. The work reflects Nitsch's engagement with experimental and performative art practices.
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session
May 16, 2023
Artists in conversation
Otto Muehl
Austrian · b. 1925
As a fellow member of the Vienna Actionism movement alongside Nitsch, Muehl created visceral mixed media works on paper and canvas that share the same raw expressionistic energy and performative origins seen in this 1987 piece.
Günter Brus
Austrian · b. 1938
Brus worked within the same Vienna Actionist circle and produced intense mixed media works on paper combining gestural mark making with bodily and ritualistic imagery, closely mirroring the avant garde expressionist qualities present in Nitsch's Wiener Sezession.
Wolf Vostell
German · b. 1932
Vostell created bold mixed media works on paper fusing performative action with expressive painterly gestures, sharing Nitsch's commitment to avant garde process based art and the integration of materials in a raw and visceral manner.
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