Günter Brus
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Günter Brus (born September 27, 1938, Ardning, Styria) is an Austrian painter, graphic artist and writer. Co-founder in 1964 of Wiener Aktionismus (Viennese Actionism) together with Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch and Rudolf Schwarzkogler. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison after the "Kunst und Revolution" event at the University of Vienna in 1968, fled to Berlin with his family and returned to Austria in 1976. His aggressively presented actionism intentionally disregarded conventions and taboos. Editor of the "Schastrommel" (author's edition) from 1969 on. In his "Bild-Dichtungen" he achieves a synthesis between poetry and painting. Awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1997.
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