{"id":40336,"date":"2022-11-04T18:05:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hermann-nitsch-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:10:33","slug":"hermann-nitsch-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hermann-nitsch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hermann Nitsch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hermann Nitsch, one of the most paradigmatic artists of the legendary Wiener Aktionismus, author of performances and installations, paintings and drawings, through his artistic expressions creates a genuine &#8216;total theatre&#8217; that unites myth and aesthetics, religious metaphors and everyday life, classicism and archaism, and even a barbaric element, all this in a monumental form that has no equals. In his project for the total work of art, the <em>Orgien Mysterien Theater<\/em>, Nitsch reveals the ethical and aesthetic reserves of meaning inherent in Wiener Aktionismus, a special form of performance art derived from the re-interpretation of myths and collective ritual praxis and forged by the artist-philosopher, which is manifested in the activity of the masses, who take part in the performance.<\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;My actions drill into vivid being, wanting there to be being where there is nothing. I seek the vivid existence that lies deep in tragedy, where destruction and creation pervade each other. 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