Although many still consider Vienna Actionism to be a bourgeois phenomenon, it is now beyond debate that it is not only one of the most important and high-quality achievements of Austrian art, but also made a highly significant contribution to the avant-garde developments of the 1960s that expanded the concept of art.
The publication WHAT IS VIENNA ACTIONISM? is being published to coincide with the first exhibition of the same name at the Vienna Actionism Museum, which opens in March 2024, and is intended to serve as a long-term introduction to this important and complex artistic movement.
In terms of content, the texts in the publication focus on the period between 1957 and the early 1970s and provide brief glimpses of the period that followed. The respective developments of the four main representatives are traced, the important role played by the media of photography and film in this movement is discussed in detail and then a look is taken from the perspective of the 2000s at the significance of Vienna Actionism for the development and current state of performative art.
The authors Eva Badura-Triska (Chief Curator WAM), Julia Moebus-Puck (Director WAM) and Lisa Moravec (author and curator) together with Philipp Konzett (Managing Director WAM) will present the forthcoming book on the exhibition WHAT IS VIENNA ACTIONISM? This will be followed by a round table discussion.
The book, WHAT IS VIENNA ACTIONISM? can be pre-ordered on this evening at a 20% discount.
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This event is free of charge
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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.