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October 4, 2006 by Roberta

Primal Secretions-Gunter Brus at Slought

…week with my two UPenn classes viewing the Gunter Brus Retrospective. Flashback to February 2005 when I brought my classes to see Herman Nitsch. Flash-forward 18 months–the students have almost…

January 2, 2006 by Libby and Roberta

The liberta awards

…are connecting them here. Artblog stalking victims: Zoe Strauss Hermann Nitsch Rob Matthews Hump the column award: Andrea Fraser critiques Bilbao in “Frank’s Big Fish.” Damp hankie award: Saga of…

December 12, 2005 by Roberta

Chelsea Afternoon in December

…anywhere in a long time. Sold, sold, sold. Works costing in the 6 figures by up and coming artists and the current reigning blood and ceremony guru, Hermann Nietsche. (top…

October 23, 2005 by Libby

Art market truths

…from one of Nitsch’s events; for artblog’s Nitsch commentary, check the Hermann Nitsch thread list in the left-hand column). “Rule #42: Strike while the iron is hot,” in which he…

August 1, 2005 by Libby

Raising the dead–daguerrotypes and Christ

…crucifixion performance spectacle of Hermann Nitsch. Documentary photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Walker Evans, Robert Frank and Eugene Smith recontextualize the ironic tone of such work as the four different…

March 19, 2005 by Libby

The business of Nitsch

[ed. note: this post responds to the series of posts on the work of Viennese Actionist Hermann Nitsch, now on view at Slought Foundation. See James Thacker’s most recent post…

March 19, 2005 by Roberta

Nitsch the teach..er

[ed. note: this post responds to the series of posts on the work of Viennese Actionist Hermann Nitsch, now on view at Slought Foundation. See Libby’s most recent post for…

March 16, 2005 by Libby

Nitsch connections

…sighting was pretty humdrum–a gallery in Berlin, Volker & Freunde, has Nitsch orgies showing this month. “nitsch,hermann” The second sighting was pretty weird–or then again maybe not. Artists Hilary Harp…