About The Work
Since 1960, Hermann Nitsch has been interrogating myths of European culture, especially those related to the Christian religion. His performances display a strong liturgical character, in which painting, music and theatre are intimately blended, and symbolically re-play the mystery of origins. His aspiration for synthesis of the arts takes on its full dimensions with the definition of what Nitsch calls the Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries. Drawings occupy a special place in Nitsch’s work. Those he names architectural drawings appear as a type of abstract map—their lines seem to sketch out a city or an imaginary territory.
Die Architektur des Orgien Mysterien Theater comprises of four prints large prints. In the first one, a regular pattern is partly covered with several layers. The second and third prints reproduce the first grid while adding an exuberant layout of new sketches. The fourth print of the series wraps up the ensemble. Here, the artist applies paint directly, each panel being different from the next.
Courtesy of Galerie 8+4 / Bernard Chauveau
About Hermann Nitsch
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Set of 4 etchings, lithography and original painted intervention on 400 g vélin d’Arches paper
107 x 76 cm each
This work is signed and numbered on recto.
About The Work
Since 1960, Hermann Nitsch has been interrogating myths of European culture, especially those related to the Christian religion. His performances display a strong liturgical character, in which painting, music and theatre are intimately blended, and symbolically re-play the mystery of origins. His aspiration for synthesis of the arts takes on its full dimensions with the definition of what Nitsch calls the Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries. Drawings occupy a special place in Nitsch’s work. Those he names architectural drawings appear as a type of abstract map—their lines seem to sketch out a city or an imaginary territory.
Die Architektur des Orgien Mysterien Theater comprises of four prints large prints. In the first one, a regular pattern is partly covered with several layers. The second and third prints reproduce the first grid while adding an exuberant layout of new sketches. The fourth print of the series wraps up the ensemble. Here, the artist applies paint directly, each panel being different from the next.
Courtesy of Galerie 8+4 / Bernard Chauveau
About Hermann Nitsch
From The Magazine
- Art 101: 4 Historical Art Movements That Arose in the Wake of Authoritarian Regimes
- Interviews & Features: 6 Artworks to Invest In This February
- Art 101: The Art of Transgression: 13 Historic Performances That Will Totally Freak You Out
- Interviews & Features: (A Sampling of) the Best Artworks at Frieze New York 2014
- Art 101: How to Dress Like 15 Famous Artists for Halloween
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