Subversive Esotericism and Aesthetic Radicalism
The Myths and Rituals of Viennese Actionism
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Product details:
- Edition number 2025
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication 30 December 2024
- Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Book
- ISBN 9783031740169
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages315 pages
- Size 210x148 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 Illustrations, black & white 667
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Short description:
"An ambitious and illuminating work on one of the key movements of the neo-avant-garde. Sólveig Gu?mundsdóttir sheds light on the important but hitherto neglected role of esoteric currents in Viennese actionism, tracing the links between esoteric notions and practices, political radicalism, aesthetic experimentalism and the countercultural milieu of the post-war period."
? Benedikt Hjartarson, Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, University of Iceland
?Gu?mundsdóttir?s research makes a valuable contribution to the academic field of art and esotericism. It illuminates the profound and complex ways in which late 20th century art, less studied in this context, has engaged with esotericism.?
? Nina Kokkinen, Research Doctor at the Donner Institute for Research into Religion and Culture, Finland
In this book, Sólveig Gu?mundsdóttir uncovers the crucial role of esotericism in the art of the Vienna Actionists?a group of Austrian neo-avant-garde artists, infamous for their transgressive performance art. Addressing this frequently overlooked aspect of Actionism, Gu?mundsdóttir traces, historicizes, and examines the esoteric discourses in selected works: the collective manifesto Die Blutorgel (1962), Rudolf Schwarzkogler?s text Das Ästhetische Panorama (1967/68) and the performances Abreaktionsspiel (1970) by Hermann Nitsch, and Zerreißprobe (1970) by Günter Brus. Mapping out the various discursive entanglements as they appear in the works, i.e. between esotericism and psychoanalysis, fascism, gender, sexuality, aesthetics, science, orientalism and religious discourses, the author illustrates and establishes the importance of esoteric traditions for the Actionists? art and subversive practices. The historical analysis of the artworks reflects on the cultural nexus of post-war Austria, as well as the relations between radical politics, countercultures and esotericism, and how they appear in Actionism. Gu?mundsdóttir argues that to survey the historical placement of esotericism is vital for understanding not only the context of their works, but also the contradictory image of the Actionists as both anti-authoritarian and reactionary artists.
Sólveig Gu?mundsdóttir is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Iceland.
Long description:
In this book, Sólveig Gu?mundsdóttir uncovers the crucial role of esotericism in the art of the Vienna Actionists?a group of Austrian neo-avant-garde artists, infamous for their transgressive performance art. Addressing this frequently overlooked aspect of Actionism, Gu?mundsdóttir traces, historicizes, and examines the esoteric discourses in selected works: the collective manifesto Die Blutorgel (1962), Rudolf Schwarzkogler?s text Das Ästhetische Panorama (1967/68) and the performances Abreaktionsspiel (1970) by Hermann Nitsch, and Zerreißprobe (1970) by Günter Brus. Mapping out the various discursive entanglements as they appear in the works, i.e. between esotericism and psychoanalysis, fascism, gender, sexuality, aesthetics, science, orientalism and religious discourses, the author illustrates and establishes the importance of esoteric traditions for the Actionists? art and subversive practices. The historical analysis of the artworks reflects on the cultural nexus of post-war Austria, as well as the relations between radical politics, countercultures and esotericism, and how they appear in Actionism. Gu?mundsdóttir argues that to survey the historical placement of esotericism is vital for understanding not only the context of their works, but also the contradictory image of the Actionists as both anti-authoritarian and reactionary artists.
MoreTable of Contents:
1. Introduction.- 2. The Myth of the Blood Organ.- 3. The Nature of the Aesthetic Panorama.- 4. Performative Satanism and Pornographic Gestures.- 5. Radical Androgyny and Shamanic Rites.- 6. Conclusion.
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