NITSCH. SPACES OF COLOR

Austrian avant-garde artist Hermann Nitsch is known for his visceral performance art piecesoften based on the ritualistic practice of sacrificewhich he conceived after experiencing World War II as a child. His performances, however, are not his only contribution to the art world. Around 1960, he produced his first splatter painting, a form of action painting that is primarily concerned wit h the substance of the paint. Nitsch: Spaces of Color follows the artist through the development of his painterly works from the ear ly 1960s to t...[Read more]