Günter Brus

(Austrian, born 1938)

Günter Brus is an Austrian artist known for his controversial films, performances, and paintings. He was notably a member of the Viennese Actionist Group alongside Otto Muehl and Hermann Nitsch. “Pure painting or the art of drawing whose point of departure is based on purely formal criteria is, in my opinion, passé,” he has said. Born on September 27, 1938 in Ardning, Austria, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Graz before transferring to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In 1960, the artist’s interest in the paintings of Jackson Pollock led his transition into making performance-based paintings regarding his own body. Many of the Viennese Actionist’s radical acts were intended as reactions to what they considered the ongoing legacy of Nazi fascism in Austrian culture. His 1968 performance Kunst und Revolution, consisted of the artist consuming his own urine, masturbating in public, and vomiting, he was subsequently jailed for six months. Brus currently lives and works in Graz, Austria. Today, his works are held in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Essl Collection of Contemporary Art in Austria, among others.

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Aulicht 3, 1977

Günter Brus

Aulicht 3, 1977

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Ohne Titel, 1977

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Ohne Titel, 1977

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Das einfache Doppelbett

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Das einfache Doppelbett

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Gemeinschaftsarbeit (set of 5 works,...

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Gemeinschaftsarbeit (set of 5 works,...

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Kobold - La Dame et le Lutin (portfolio of 8), 1985

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Kobold - La Dame et le Lutin (portfolio of 8), 1985

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Jedwede Kunst teilt die Welt in Kapital und..., 1992

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Jedwede Kunst teilt die Welt in Kapital und..., 1992

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Gesucht wird Schreibkraft mit Zeichentalent, 1993

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Gesucht wird Schreibkraft mit Zeichentalent, 1993

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Die Drossel

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Sale Date: May 8, 2008

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Wer nicht fühlen will, muss denken, 1983

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Wer nicht fühlen will, muss denken, 1983

Sale Date: November 29, 2007

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Weißer Wind IV, 1981

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Weißer Wind IV, 1981

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ZEZ 1017, 1975

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ZEZ 1017, 1975

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Ohne Titel, 1975

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Ohne Titel, 1975

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Die Zernunft, 1974

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Die Zernunft, 1974

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Das Rad wurde erfunden, um Rädertierchen zu..., 2000

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Das Rad wurde erfunden, um Rädertierchen zu..., 2000

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Irrwisch

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Irrwische

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Neue Weltbildentwürfe: Voraustrauer, 1983

Günter Brus

Neue Weltbildentwürfe: Voraustrauer, 1983

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Rafael Santi, 1979

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Rafael Santi, 1979

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Undine, 1974

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Der Pfau ist grausam, 1982

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Der Pfau ist grausam, 1982

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Entfaltung des freien Willens, 1978

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Entfaltung des freien Willens, 1978

Sale Date: November 20, 2007

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Die Götterwiege, 1984

Günter Brus and Jörg Schlick

Die Götterwiege, 1984

Sale Date: November 20, 2007

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Ohne Titel, 1975

Günter Brus

Ohne Titel, 1975

Sale Date: October 23, 2007

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Zank (portfolio of 5 w/text pg.), 1988

Günter Brus

Zank (portfolio of 5 w/text pg.), 1988

Sale Date: October 26, 2007

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