His first solo exhibition took place at the Junge Generation Gallery in 1960. From 1964, Muehl concentrated on the realisation of his actionist work, with which he wanted to remove taboos from socially repressed aspects of human nature through the use of human bodies and the staging of sexuality, death and birth. Muehl is one of the participants in “Art and Revolution” on 7 June 1968 at the University of Vienna.
In 1972 he founded the Action Analytical Organization, the AAO Kommune, with headquarters in Friedrichshof, Burgenland.
OTTO MUEHL
MATERIAL AcTION No. 19 BODYBUILDING, May 21, 1965 (Detail)
MUEHL’s studio, PERINETGASSE 1, 1200 Vienna
color photograph
phOTO: LUDWIG HOFFENREICH
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15.03.2024 – 31.01.2025
February 2025
Opening: 13.02.2025, 6:30 pm
Exhibition: 14.02.2025 – 18.05.2025
Four Actions
With its second exhibition, the WAM is now going into greater depth. The opening exhibition WHAT IS VIENNA ACTIONISM? first offered an overview of the multi-layered developments of this movement in the 1960s, whereby the individual actions were only presented with exemplary photos. Now, under the title FOUR ACTIONS, an exhibition series is being launched that presents selected actions with all the available historical material. In this way, it will be possible for the first time to understand the actions in all their detail. The aim of the exhibition is to open up new perspectives on the reception of Vienna Actionism through the precise examination of individual actions.
February 25, Thursday, 5:00 pm
Tour through the current exhibition.
March 2025
March 08, Saturday, 4:00 pm
Tour through the current exhibition.
March 09, Sunday, 4:00 pm
Our director Julia Moebus-Puck gives a personal insight into the development of Vienna Actionism.
March 15, Saturday, 3:00 pm
Tour through the current exhibition.
March 16, Sunday, 4:00 pm
Our director Julia Moebus-Puck gives a personal insight into the development of Vienna Actionism.
March 29, Saturday, 3:00 pm
Tour through the current exhibition.
March 30, Sunday, 4:00 pm
Our director Julia Moebus-Puck gives a personal insight into the development of Vienna Actionism.