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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Günter Brus (1,154 results)
Untitled, Untitled (St. Stephen's Cathedral, , 1975

Günter Brus, Christian Ludwig Attersee and Gerhard Rühm

Untitled, Untitled (St. Stephen's Cathedral, , 1975

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Informel, 1960

Günter Brus

Informel, 1960

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Vienna Promenade, 1965–1989

Günter Brus and Ludwig Hoffenreich

Vienna Promenade, 1965–1989

Sale Date: June 23, 2022

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Untitled, 1974

Günter Brus

Untitled, 1974

Sale Date: June 9, 2022

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Untitled, 1974

Günter Brus

Untitled, 1974

Sale Date: June 9, 2022

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Untitled, 1974

Günter Brus

Untitled, 1974

Sale Date: June 9, 2022

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Untitled, 1974

Günter Brus

Untitled, 1974

Sale Date: June 9, 2022

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Senza titolo

Günter Brus

Senza titolo

Sale Date: June 8, 2022

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Silber, 1965

Günter Brus

Silber, 1965

Sale Date: June 8, 2022

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Senza titolo

Günter Brus

Senza titolo

Sale Date: June 8, 2022

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Kunst: Hoffnungslose Vergeblichkeit, 1986

Günter Brus

Kunst: Hoffnungslose Vergeblichkeit, 1986

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Selbstverstümmelung, 1965

Günter Brus and Ludwig Hoffenreich

Selbstverstümmelung, 1965

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Im Mutterbauch hat Gott kein Zuhause, 1989

Günter Brus

Im Mutterbauch hat Gott kein Zuhause, 1989

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Schluss der Weisheit, 1989

Günter Brus

Schluss der Weisheit, 1989

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Schwache Vorwelt, 1989

Günter Brus

Schwache Vorwelt, 1989

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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DAS RAD WURDE ERFUNDEN, UM RÄDERTIERCHEN ZU...

Günter Brus

DAS RAD WURDE ERFUNDEN, UM RÄDERTIERCHEN ZU...

Sale Date: May 4, 2022

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Untitled, 1960

Günter Brus

Untitled, 1960

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Untitled, 1962

Günter Brus

Untitled, 1962

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Die wortwörtliche Welt hat kein Zuhause,..., 1996

Günter Brus

Die wortwörtliche Welt hat kein Zuhause,..., 1996

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Ohne Titel (Gemeinschaftsarbeit), 1975

G. Brus, G. Rühm, D. Steiger, O, Wiener and Christian Ludwig Attersee

Ohne Titel (Gemeinschaftsarbeit), 1975

Sale Date: May 16, 2022

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Zerreissprobe (Aktion, Aktionsraum 1,..., 1970

Günter Brus

Zerreissprobe (Aktion, Aktionsraum 1,..., 1970

Sale Date: May 16, 2022

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Die Leiber der Verstorbenen werden am..., 1974

Günter Brus

Die Leiber der Verstorbenen werden am..., 1974

Sale Date: May 14, 2022

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Günter Brus

"Brus, 1989

Sale Date: April 6, 2022

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Günter Brus

"Erinnerung an das Gedächtnis"

Sale Date: April 6, 2022

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