1. Hermann Nitsch was an Austrian contemporary artist and composer.
13 Facts About Hermann Nitsch
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Hermann Nitsch's art encompassed wide-scale performances incorporating theater, multimedia, rituals and acted violence.
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In 1972, Hermann Nitsch participated in Documenta 5 in Kassel, curated by Harald Szeemann; he was represented at Documenta 7 in 1982.
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Hermann Nitsch was repeatedly invited to bring his conceptions of art and ritual to the opera.
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In 2001, Hermann Nitsch was responsible for the stage design and costumes for the performance of the Gandhi opera Satyagraha by the American composer Philip Glass in the Festspielhaus St Polten in Lower Austria.
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Hermann Nitsch's worldview was strongly influenced by mystical authors, but by de Sade, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, and Antonin Artaud, among others.
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Hermann Nitsch's actions are noted in meticulously notated scores which, in addition to instructions and texts, contain graphically notated pieces of music.
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Hermann Nitsch performed the "2-day game" campaign in summer 2004.
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Since the 2006 vintage, the Nitsch-Doppler, whose label Hermann Nitsch artistically redesigned every year, has been presented to the public in Vienna.
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In 2010 Hermann Nitsch created a series of Limited Edition Prints, presenting his 130.
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Hermann Nitsch exhibited his works during the 2017 Venice Biennale at the European Cultural Centre.
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Hermann Nitsch's endeavor was to bring sounds, tastes, and tactile sensations onto the canvas with his own hands.
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Hermann Nitsch's estate is represented by Pace Gallery and Galerie Kandlhofer.