Die Eroberung von Jerusalem (Die Drossel 17)

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Die Eroberung von Jerusalem (Die Drossel 17)

Artist Hermann Nitsch (Austrian, 1938 - 2022)

Publisher Edition Morra, Naples and Verlag Die Drossel, Berlin, [1973 or after?]

Printer Herstellung Typoshop, Reutlingen

Author Hermann Nitsch (Austrian, 1938 - 2022)

Date[1973 or after]

DimensionsBook: H: 9 in. (228 mm); W: 6 5/8 in. (168 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm).
Page: H: 9 in. (228 mm); W: 6 5/8 in. (168 mm).

MediumReproductions: 42 photolithographs of drawings (diagrams) and 5 photolithographs of photographs of an "Action." Text: photolithography on white wove paper, set expressively.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.838

Not on View

Label TextHermann Nitsch Das O.M. Theater: Objekte, Fotos, Konzepte (The O. M. Theater: Objects, Photos, Concepts) (1973) Die Arkitektur des Orgien Mysterien Theaters: Mappe I (The Architecture of the Orgies Mysteries Theater: Portfolio I) (1987) Das Orgien Mysterien Theater 80. Aktion: Aufgeführt vom Sonnenaufgang des 27. bis zum Sonnenaufgang des 30. Juli 1984 (The Orgies Mysteries Theater 80th Action: Performed from Sunrise 27th to Sunrise 30th July 1984) (1988) In the 1960s, Hermann Nitsch was a member of the Vienna Actionists, along with Günter Brus (whose work is also on view in this gallery). Nitsch and his friends staged performance art under the name O.M. Theater (Theater of Orgies and Mysteries). The group examined Germany’s Nazi past as well as contemporary social and religious repression. The artists were also inspired by medieval passion plays, Friedrich Nietzsche's writings on communal ecstasy, and Freudian psychoanalysis. Viewers were exposed to acts of religion, sex, and violence by participants who did not consider themselves actors. All actions were real events. The goal was communal orgasmic emotion. Five portfolios of the documents from these actions have been collected and published, along with prints and drawings connected to the O.M. Theater. These portfolios often took many years to complete. The 80th Action is one example. It was performed in 1984, completed in 1987, and published in 1988. Sheet one of this portfolio is an etching based on Rembrandt’s Christ Healing the Sick (The Hundred Guilder Print), which Nitsch made in 1957 and overworked with various colored inks in 1987. Nitsch is a professor of art in Vienna and Frankfurt. At 65 years old, he continues to perform Actions in the United States and Europe.