Transgressing frontiers with Actionist performance art
17 Aug 2013
Malerei-Selbstbemalung-Selbstverstümmelung (Painting – Self Painting – Self-Mutilation) (1965) A film by Kurt Kren. Recording of the performance action of Günter Brus. Black and white, silent, 16mm, 5 mins.
My body is the intention.
My body is the event.
My body is the result.
– Günter Brus. 1966.
Selbstbemalung II (Self Painting) (1964) An action by Günter Brus. Performed in the Perinet Cellar, Vienna. Photographed by Ludwig Hoffenreich
Artist Günter Brus strolling through the centre of Vienna in Austria the day after his first public action, ‘Self-Painting/Self-Mutilation’ in 1965. Painted entirely in white with a black strip over his face and body, Brus was almost immediately arrested by the police for being potentially disturbing to the public (as noted by Tracey Warr and Amelia Jones in The Artist’s Body)
Selbstbemalung I (Self Painting) (1964) An action by Günter Brus. Performed in the Perinet Cellar, Vienna. Photographed by Ludwig Hoffenreich
Selbstbemalung II (Self Painting) (1964) An action by Günter Brus. Performed in the Perinet Cellar, Vienna. Photographed by Ludwig Hoffenreich
Selbstbemalung II (Self Painting) (1964) An action by Günter Brus. Performed in the Perinet Cellar, Vienna. Photographed by Ludwig Hoffenreich
Selbstbemalung II (Self Painting) (1964) An action by Günter Brus. Performed in the Perinet Cellar, Vienna. Photographed by Ludwig Hoffenreich
