Hermann Nitsch Hermann Nitsch

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Artist profile 38

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A digital catalogue for a solo exhibition by Hermann Nitsch at Richard Koh Fine Art, Blk 47 Malan Road, #01-26 Gillman Barracks, Singapore 109444 from 28 February - 30 March 2019.

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12 13 Schuttbild, blood and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm, 1998 14 15 Schuttbild, blood and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm, 1997 16 17 Schuttbild, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm, 2005 18 19 Schuttbild, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, 2013

20 21 Schuttbild, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, 2013

22 23 Schuttbild, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, 2014

24 25 Schuttbild, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, 2014

26 27 Schuttbild, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm, 2014 28 29 Schuttbild (75th Painting Aktion), acrylic on canvas with shirt, 200 x 150 cm, 2017

30 31 Schuttbild (75th Painting Aktion), acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm, 2017 32 33 Schuttbild (75th Painting Aktion), acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm, 2017 34 35 Schuttbild (75th Painting Aktion), acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm, 2017 36 37 Leviticus Motif 1, print on canvas, 141 x 89 cm, 2010. AP Leviticus Motif 5, print on canvas, 134 x 89 cm, 2010. AP Leviticus Motif 8, print on canvas, 134 x 89 cm, 2010. AP 38 39 Theatermuseum, Wien Galerie beaumontpublic + königbloc, Luxembourg Hermann Nitsch Galeria Box Art, Verona, Italy 2014 Aktionsmalerei, Galerie Dirimart, Istanbul Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy Arena, nitsch museum, Mistelbach Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuberg, Germany Malaktionismus, Museo Nitsch Neapel Hermann Nitsch (born 29 August 1938) is an Austrian Selected Solo Exhibitions Selected Works, 1960 – Present, Hermann Nitsch avant-garde artist who works in experimental and carne e luce, Fondazione Ducci, Rom 2019 Hermann Nitsch, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore Museum, Museums Zentrum Mistelbach, multimedia modes. Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava Mistelbach, Austria 2018 Hermann Nitsch, Galerie 422 Margund Lössl, Born in Vienna, Nitsch received training in painting Gmunden, Austria 2013 Sinne und Sein – Retrospektive, nitsch museum, Mistel- Video, Mike Weiss Gallery, NY when studied at the Wiener Graphische Lehr-und bach Retrospective, Nationalgalerie Staaliche Versuchanstalt, during which time he was drawn Ausstellung “Hermann Nitsch: Memorial Against the War”, 2012 Utopie Gesamtkunstwerk, 21er Haus, Vienna to religious art. He is associated with the Vienna Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany 2005 The Orgies Mysteries Theater, The Station Museum, Actionists—a loosely affiliated group of off-kilter and Hermann Nitsch, Galerie RX, Paris, France Levitikus, Kunstkulturkirche, Frankfurt Houston, TX confrontational Austrian artists that also includes Hermann Nitsch – Life and Work”, Nitsch Museum, 2011 Hermann Nitsch in Munich, Galerie Thomas Modern, 2004 New Paintings, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY Günter Brus, Otto Muehl, and Rudolf Schwarzkogler. Munich, Germany Mistelbach, Austria 2003 Art Scarplin, Merano, Italy Nitsch’s abstract ‘splatter’ paintings, like his Hermann Nitsch Die Apotheke / The Pharmacy, Hermann Nitsch, Kurhaus, Hinterzarten, Germany Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy performance pieces, are inspired by his neutral Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY (in collaboration with perspective on humanity and being human. In the Hermann Nitsch, Massimo De Carlo Gallery, London, Mike Weiss Gallery) Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Germany UK 1950s, Nitsch conceived of the Orgien Mysterien 60.Painting Action // 60.Malaktion, Mike Weiss Gallery, 2002 Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy Theater (which roughly translates as Theatre of Hermann Nitsch – solopresentation, MARC STRAUS, The New York, NY Gallery Fortlaan, Ghent, Belgium Orgies and Mysteries or The Orgiastic Mystery Armory Show, New York, New York Bloodlines: Paintings by Hermann Nitsch, Museum of Theater), staging nearly 100 performances between 2001 Oberes Belevedere, Vienna, Austria Hermann Nitsch – paintings 1957-2017, Büro Weltausstel- Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado 1962 and 1998. lung, Vienna, Austria Hürlimannareal, Zürich, Switzerland 2006 Hermann Nitsch: New Paintings and Museen zu Berlin, In 1966 he was with Gustav Metzger, Otto Muehl, 2017 Galerie Navratil, Prague, Czech Republic Germany Haburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany Wolf Vostell, Juan Hidalgo and others a participant Tools and Relics of the Orgies Mysteries Theaters, Nitsch Spac Villa Toppoflorio, Undine, Italy 2000 Palazzo Steline, Milan, Italy of the Destruction in Art Symposium (DIAS) in Foundation, Wien London. Hermann Nitsch / Yango Shaobin, Alexanger Galleria Communale D’Arte Moderna e MARC STRAUS, New York, United States Ochs – White Space, Beijing; Alexander Ochs, Berlin Contemoranea, Rome, Itlay Kunsthalle Arlberg 1800, Innsbruck, Austria 2010 Hermann Nitsch, Musée d’Art Moderne de 1999 Mumok, Vienna, Austria Saint-Étienne, France Galerie Geuer, Düsseldorf, Germany Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary Hermann Nitsch Masterpieces of the Duerckheim Collection, Hermann Nitsch and His Artistic Pilgrimage, UM MUSE- 1998 Galerie Frank Hänel, Frankfurt, Germany UM, Bongdam Hwaseong, Korea Museumszentrum, Mistlebach, Austria 1997 Retrospective, Konsthallen Göteborg, Sweden Hermann Nitsch – O.M.T. Colore dal Rito, Museum CIAC, Personal Structures. Time-Space Existence, Künstlerhaus Foligno, Italy Bregenz, Austria Retrospective, Musée D’Art et D’Histoire, Luxembourg IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Pentecost celebration: 130. Aktion, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Naples, Italy St. Peter an der Sperr, Wiener Neustadt, Austria Hermann Nitsch – das druckgrafische Werk, Nitsch Muse- um, Mistelbach, Austria Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Stella Art Foundation, Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg Moscow, Russia Museum for printed graphics, Rankweil, Austria Neue Galerie der Stadt, Linz, Austria Smelling, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria Parenthesis organized by the Goss-Michael Founda- Underwoodstreet Gallery, London, England tion as part of Dallas Biennial, The Box, Dallas Texas 2009 Opening, Nitsch Foundation, Austria Kunstraum, Innsbruck, Austria 2016 Feast of Existence. Hermann Nitsch and the Theatre, Muse- The Past, The Present, and the Disciples of Nitsch, Box Art Galerie Prantl, Oberlech, Austria um Villa Stuck, Munich Gallery, d’Arte, Verona, Italy 1996 Galerie Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy Posters from 5 Decades, Daniel Löwenbrück, Berlin Hermann Nitsch, Galleria Dant’Agostino Casa d’Aste, Turin, Italy Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen, Paintings, Drawings, Print, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Passau, Germany Hermann Nitsch. Passion – Resurrection, Nitsch Founda- Palazzo delle Exposizioni, Retrospective, Rome, Italy tion, Vienna Works of the 56. Action Painting by Hermann Nitsch, Museumszentrum Mistlebach, Austria Kunstverein Gmunden, Hipp-Halle, Austria Arena - Opere dall’Opera, Museo Nitsch, Naples 2008 Form as Strategy, Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Retrospective, Sala Parpalló, Valencia, Spain Rituals, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach Study of American Architecture, Columbia University, New York Malaktion U. Ausstellung, Schömerhaus, 2015 MARC STRAUS, New York Klosterneuburg, Austria Opening, Museo Archivio Laboratorio Hermann Leviticus, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Galerie Giuseppe Morra, Fondazione Morra, Art, Peekskill, New York 2007 The Orgies Mysteries Theater, Galleria de’ Foscherari, Naples, Italy Bologna, Italy ZAC, Palermo, Italy

40 41 Retrospective, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Saratoga Springs, New York Il Paese Della Meraviglie e le Tavole Della Legge, Permanent Collections Spain Castello di Volpaia, Volpaia, Italy Realm of the Spirit, Mike Weiss Gallery, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard 1995 Retrospektivausstellung, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, New York, NY 1993 Akademie Der Künste, Berlin, Germany Austria Castello di Rivoli, Turin Reverence, Hudson Valley Centre for Contemporary 1992 Hors Limits, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Galerie Barlach, Halle-K, Hamburg, Germany Art, Peeksill, NY Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris L’ Incanto e la Transcendenza, Castel Ivano, Ausstellung und Aktion in der Trinitatiskirche, Intensive Painting, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Trento, Italy Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck Köln, Germany Geneva, Switzerland Il Paese Della Meraviglie e le Tavole Della Legge, Galleria d’arte moderna, Bologna Hermann Nitsch and Erika Schmied, Galerie 422 Castello di Volpaia, Volpaia, Italy Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Margund Lössl, Gmunden, Austria Selected Group Exhibitions Casula, Kunststation St. Petri, Köln, Germany Guggenheim Collection, New York 2005 Entourage, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 2018 Hermann Nitsch / Elgar Esser / Lee Bae / Bae Bien-u, 1991 Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Graphische Sammlung, Munich Galerie RX, Paris, France 2004 Site Santa Fe Biennial, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM 1990 Gegenwart-Ewigkeit , Gropiusbau, Berlin, Germany Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York 2017 Hermann Nitsch / Julian Beck / Shozo Shimamoto / Joseph Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 1989 Luhring Augustine & Hodes, New York, NY Beuys, Casa Morra, Naples Kunsthalle, Hamburg 2003 Good Morning Balkan, Athens, Greece 1988 Teilnahme an der Biennale, Sydney, Australia Psycho Drawing - Art Brut and the ‘60s and ‘70s in Austria, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2000 Paradise Lost, Stephansstift, Hannover, Germany Lentos, Linz Luhring Augustine & Hodes, New York, NY Kunstmuseum, Bern Faith, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Reinheit und Ritual – Hans Karl Kandel and Hermann 1987 Hirschhorn Museum, Washington, DC Ridgefield, CN Kunstmuseum, Winterthur Nitsch, Galerie Fürth, Fürth, Germany 1986 Austrian Drawing, Renaissance Society at the 6 Views of the 6 Day Play, Video Presentation, Lenbachhaus, Munich Parkview Green Museum, Beijing, China University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Barnsdall Art Park Mart, Trento Psycho Drawing, LENTOS, Linz, Austria Rennweg, Sala Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Madrid, Spain Gallery Theater, Los Angeles, CA Metropolitan Museum, New York Existance and Senses, Galerie Zimmermann Dal Profondo, Padiglione D’Arte Contemoranea, 1999 White Box Gallery, New York, NY Kratochwill, Austria Milan, Italy Museo Capodimonte, Naples 1998 Out of Actions, Between Performance and the Object, 2011 Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Beuys zu Ehren, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Museo d’arte della città di Ravenna, Tang 1949-1979, MoCA, Los Angeles, CA Jersey City, NJ Munich, Germany Museum Ludwig, Köln Beyond The Pink, Video Presentation, Art Centre, Staging Action: Performance in photography 1985 Brus, Rainer, Nitsch, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Pasadena, CA Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna since 1960, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY New York, NY 1997 Die Epoche der Moderne, Kunst im 20. Jhdt., Museum of Modern Art, New York L’Insoutenable Légèreté de l’être, Yvon Lambert 1983 Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk, Ausstellung Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany Gallery, New York and Paris von HaraldSzeemann u. a., Museum Moderner Kunst, Museum Neue Galerie, Saarbrücken Sinnlicher Sommer, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria 2010 New Acquisitions, Musée d’Art Moderne de Nationalgalerie, Berlin Saint-Étienne, France Body, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1982 Documenta VII, Kassel, Germany Nationalgalerie, Munich Sydney, Australia 2009 An Open Window on the World of Art, Galleria 1980 69th Action (3 hours), New York Art Fair, Rupertinum, Salzburg Civica D’Arts Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England New York, NY Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri Stations of the Cross, De Pont Museum of 1996 Artisti Austriaci a Roma, Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Italy 1972 Documenta V, Kassel, Germany Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg Malerei in Österreich 1945-95, Künstlerhaus, 39th Action (2 hours), Everson Museum, 2008 Five Year Anniversary Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, Vienna, Austria Syracuse, New York, NY Schloss, Morsbroich, Leverkusen New York, NY Mysterium Wein, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, 40th Action (first 12 hour action), Mercer Arts Center, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart Ebb and Flow, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY Speyer, Germany New York, NY Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven 2007 The Orgies Mysteries Theater, Galleria de’ Foscherari, Chaos, Wahnsinn, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, 58th Action (2 hours), Western Front Society, Bologna, Italy Germany Vancouver, Canada Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Galerie beaumontpublic + königbloc, Luxembourg L’Art au Corps, Musée D’Art Contemporain, 59th Action (2 hours), Laica and SSB, Los Angeles, CA Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, NY Galeria Box Art, Verona, Italy Marseille, France 1970 Happening und Fluxus, Kunstverein, Köln, Germany Tate Gallery, London Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy Tight: Sphincteric Arhatship, Tans-Hudson Gallery, 33rd Action (2 hours), Douglas College, Rutgers University of Cambridge New York, Knoxville, TN. Traveling exhibition Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuberg, Germany University, New Brunswick, NJ Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 1995 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Selected Works, 1960 – Present, Hermann Nitsch 34th Action (2 hours), New York State Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, Linz Museum, Museums Zentrum Mistelbach, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary Mistelbach, Austria Yale University Art Museum, New Haven L’Art Contemporain Autrichien, Rouen, Caen, France 2006 Eye on Europe: Prints, Books and Multiples / 1960 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1994 L’ Incanto e la Transcendenza, Castel Ivano, Trento, Italy Twice Drawn, Tang Museum, Skidmore College,

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