Hermann Nitsch’s Biography and Exhibitions at Saatchi-gallery
Hermann Nitsch was born in Vienna in 1938. While studying graphic illustration, he became interested in religous art. He made copies from Rembrandt’s 100 Gulden Blatt and Christ Crucified, and from other religious themes by artists such as Tintoretto and El Greco. Other drawings Hermann Nitsch made at this time were strongly influenced by Cézanne, Klimt and Munch, amongst others. From around 1957 onwards, the depiction of Dionysian revelry and ceremonies began to feature in his work.
The first performances of the O. M. Theatre consisted of Hermann Nitsch and friends using animal carcasses, entrails, and blood in a ritualistic way. The cloths, bandages and other fabrics used in these performances introduced Nitsch to the idea of making paintings. 1960 saw the first exhibition of his ‘Aktion’ paintings in Vienna. In the mid-60′s Nitsch’s theatre pieces were also performed in Vienna.
His Fresco, with its connotations of martyrdom and penance, is fixed with the tortured bust of a ‘saint’, a site of devotional worship as horrifically compelling as an ossuary or catacomb.Much is made of Hermann Nitsch as cult provocateur, but he is first and foremost an artist: his performances and rituals are painstakingly planned in the context and language of art. Each ‘Aktion’ is premeditated through preparatory drawings and paintings, reflecting Hermann Nitsch’s influence by, and position within, the predominant movements spanning his career.
Nitsch plays with the symbolism of Christian ritual. Communion with real blood and real flesh means, of course, a desymbolization of the Eucharist. In this sense he acts as a consistent Protestant reaching the last limits of iconoclasm. On the other hand, this desymbolisation can be perceived as a negation of the transcendental, spiritual significance of the Eucharist. “Blood is only blood and this is the only reality of existence”. Such a belief, from the Christian point of view, is undoubtedly a satanic perversion of truth.
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Hermann Nitsch composed himself was becoming increasingly prominent in his performances. In 1972 he participated in Documenta V, Kassel, and staged ‘Aktions’ at the Mercer Center and Everson Museum of Art.
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does anyone know if the Boston MFA’s wednesday night ‘drawing in the galleries’ uses live nude models?
are live nude models used for the museum of fine art’s ‘drawing in the galleries’ in boston. or are the models clothed. i don’t want any surprises when i go! thanks.
Give me a break, you answered the question yourself – it is ‘drawing in the galleries’ of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. That means you will be drawing the paintings and statues in the galleries under the eye of an instructor as opposed to drawing on you own in the galleries as I did today in the Dallas Museum of Art or working in a studio where figure studies might take place. Because of concerns like yours, figure study classes always make explicitly clear what is involved. Drawing in galleries is a time honored learning experience with the advantage that the models don’t move and normally the lighting doesn’t change. Some museums allow painting (copying) in the galleries and the Milwaukee art museum has a class that not only does this but teaches the exact techniques and pigments used at different periods.
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