NITSCH. Spaces of Color: Albertina Vienna

For Hermann Nitsch, painting is one of the disciplines of his Orgien Mysterien Theater. It is deeply anchored in actionism, performance, in multimedia. Painting is the origin of the actions and at the same time their result. The exhibition NITSCH. Räume aus Farbe, Nitsch's paintings in the ALBERTINA will for the first time not be seen as part of a larger whole, but as paintings in their own right. Nitsch's painting goes beyond the dimensions of the panel painting, conquers the wall over its entire surface and intervenes in the space as a comprehensive installation.

The exhibition shows an artist who has been continuously developing his painting since the 1960s and has developed his own specific approach for each painting action, each group of works, the results of which can now be walked through and experienced as colour spaces and poured installations.

Albertina Museum, Vienna

Curated by Elsy Lahner