Günter Brus
Günter Brus is a controversial Austrian painter, performance artist, graphic artist, experimental filmmaker and writer.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3799 |
| Birthday | 1938-09-27 |
| Place of Birth | Ardning, Styria, Austria |
| Also Known As |
1964
8/64: Ana - Action Brus
5.727/11
This three-minute film was far more akin to the American-style "happening" in that the content was not particularly extreme. It was built up from item...
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8/64: Ana - Action Brus
1965
10b/65: Silver – Action Brus
5.333/6
"Action" by Günter Brus. At first Kren did not want to show the film, because the image is underexposed. A copy of the negative material turned out to...
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10b/65: Silver – Action Brus
1965
10c/65: Brus Wishes You a Merry Christmas
2.667/3
A kind of home movie made in Brus' apartment. Brus' Christmas wishes can be seen on a poster which he painted and which he holds for a short time in f...
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10c/65: Brus Wishes You a Merry Christmas
1967
16/67: September 20th
3.6/5
A collage of many visuals. A man urinates; a man has a drink. A man defecates; someone eats a meal. 16/67 September 20: ‘The Eating Drinking Shitting...
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16/67: September 20th
1994
Arnulf Rainer - Sternsucher
0/0
A short documentary on Arnulf Rainer, famous for overpainting portraiture presenting the "face farce" concept.
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Arnulf Rainer - Sternsucher
2010
Becoming Otto
0/0
A portrait of the Austrian avant-garde artist Otto Mühl/Muehl (1925-2013), whose work combined sex, violence, gastronomy and bodily effluence with unb...
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Becoming Otto
1968
Satisfaction
9.5/1
Four men, one woman and a cat in a room. The men drink and discuss. Things get a bit violent. The masochist acts out his desires by himself. Random fu...
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Satisfaction
1967
Psycho-motorische Geräuschaktion
3/4
Four young men affected by psychological motorcar reactions and effluents that get more excited, crazy and freaked out as times passes.
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Psycho-motorische Geräuschaktion
1968
Amore - Aktion mit einem Masochisten
0/0
An experimental and bizarre shooting of an association between the sexes.
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Amore - Aktion mit einem Masochisten
1965
10/65: Self-Mutilation
5.881/21
Kren’s 10/65 Selfmutilation is developed from a Gunter Brus “action”. What the film emphasizes is the surrealistic drama of symbolic self-destruction...
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10/65: Self-Mutilation
1968
Kunst & Revolution
0/0
‘Kunst & Revolution is a documentation on the famous action known as the “filthy uni mess”, which led to a jury court trial. I only had a few metres o...
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Kunst & Revolution
1969
Körperanalyse
0/0
In “Körperanalyse” (Body Analysis) in 1968, the artist (Günter Brus) urinated in front of an audience, cut his skin with a razor blade, and masturbate...
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Körperanalyse
1970
Zerreissprobe
0/0
He ended the period of creating works exclusively using the body as a medium with the “Zerreissprobe” (Breaking Test) in 1970. His 43rd Aktion was the...
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Zerreissprobe
1987
Back to Fucking Cambridge
8/1
About a group of graduates from Cambridge University who go back to their college to visit a friend who has stayed on there. Otto Muehl founded a comm...
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Back to Fucking Cambridge
2001
The Films of Kurt Kren 1957-1995
0/0
A collection of shorts by Kurt Kren. Some are based on performaces by Viennese Actionists such as Günter Brus and Otto Mühl.
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The Films of Kurt Kren 1957-1995
1970
Mini Psycho-Drama
0/0
The 2 minute artistic cut by Ed and Irm Sommer of the 10-minute material action by Günter Brus that he performed as a prelude to Hermann Nitsch’s ‘7th...
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Mini Psycho-Drama
1970
Psychodramulett
0/0
The 7 minute archival cut by Peter Gorsen of the 10-minute material action by Günter Brus that he performed as a prelude to Hermann Nitsch’s ‘7th Abre...
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Psychodramulett
1971
27/71 On Peacock Isle
0/0
Kren had composed a diary-like piece containing subtle irony with his 27/71 Auf der Pfaueninsel (On Peacock Isle). The lengthy titles which are one mi...
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27/71 On Peacock Isle
1965
Selbstbemalung
0/0
A performance in which Gunter Brus writhed on a floor covered in a viscous white paint. Though Brus did not harm himself, violence and damage are ever...
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Selbstbemalung
1965
Wiener Spaziergang
0/0
The first six images of Wiener Spaziergang (Viennese Stroll, 1965), for example, are ghoulishly amusing. Painted white, with a jagged slash painted th...
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Wiener Spaziergang
2005
Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
0/0
A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our friendship. Footage includes early performances in...
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Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
2004
Bodyanalysis / Actions 1964–1970
0/0
Introduces the films ‚Körperanalysen’ (body analyses), an overview of Actionism movies from 1964-1970 (a. o. Kurt Kren, Otto Mühl, Ernst Schmid Jr.),...
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