Gunter Brus [Ed.] — Die Schastrommel: 12

Stuttgart; London; Reykjavik, Hansjoerg Mayer, 1974 . First edition. Paperback. An exceptionally bright copy of Volume 12 of 'Die Schastrommel', the art journal founded by Viennese activist Gunter Brus, known for championing expressive and body-centric artforms. First edition. Bound in the publisher's pictorial wraps. One of five hundred copies. Issue 12 of 'Die Schastrommel', a controversial art journal founded by Gunter Brus in 1969, after fleeing a prison sentence in his home country of Vienna. This journal collects performance documents such as artists writings, photographs and newspaper clippings, presenting an image of the social, political and cultural challenges faced by radical art performers. This particular issue is dedicated to 'Biometrische Texte 1-147 1972-3' a radical art piece by Viennese radical art activist, Dominik Steiger. Containing a facsimile of Steiger's notes and illustrated with 54 pages of his work. Written in German. Gunter Brus was a radical art activist, wanted in his home country for "debasing national symbols" in an art demonstration. Brus was known for his key role in Viennese Actionism, an art movement from the 1960s and 1970s which aimed to develop performance art. With this in mind, Brus disregarded societal norms, striving to shock the viewer, famously using his own bodily fluids in his demonstrations. Bound in the publisher's pictorial wraps. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing to wraps and a little fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Dominik Steiger. Near Fine .