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Guided Tours
The exhibition "MEIN NITSCH - curated by Karlheinz Essl" is art collector Karlheinz Essl's personal view of Hermann Nitsch's life's work. From the mid-1980s, Agnes and Karlheinz Essl focussed their collecting activities on Hermann Nitsch and dedicated several exhibitions to him in the following years.
With ‘My Nitsch’, Karlheinz Essl now provides deep insights into Nitsch's world view. The ‘white picture’, a unique piece in Nitsch's entire oeuvre, will be on display for the first time. With numerous works from Nitsch's main creative period and his later years, the collector traces the artist's development towards a wealth of colour and addresses the artist's preoccupation with the big questions of where we come from, where we are going, what was before us and what will be after us.
1 hour / € 15.00 per person in the group (incl. admission)
Workshops
Pouring. Art with all senses
Does a picture always have to be painted with a brush? No! With his Schüttbilder (poured pictures), Hermann Nitsch freed his art from the function of depiction. This profound experience of practising art and stimulating all the senses was aimed at the artist's liberation and joie de vivre. After a visit to the exhibition, people themselves pick up the bucket of paint to create a poured picture.
Hearing colours - Paint sounds
The stimulation of the five senses is an important part of Nitsch's creation. Particular attention is paid to synaesthetic perception, the interaction of several senses, that only make it possible to enable the full experience of his total work of art. The Wagner admirer Nitsch let the music of the Valkyrie become colours, and colours and sounds became one. During the workshop, Wagner's music will be implemented in painting.
Duration: 90 minutes
Costs: €19,00 per person / workshop (incl. admission)
For further information and bookings
t: 43 2572/20719 490
buchung@nitschmuseum.at