Das Orgien Mysterien Theater (2005)

Nitsch's work, which can be considered both ritualistic and existential, first drew attention in the early 1960s when he exhibited a skinned and mutilated lamb. The lamb was crucified against a white fabric-covered wall, with the entrails removed and displayed below a white table, splashed with blood and hot water. Currently his work is often discussed in the context of our cultures fixation with violence seen on the news, movie screens, and in popular video games. Correlations have also been drawn to many instances of the intersection of violence and culture. These performance works, which have become known as "actions" have become more and more elaborate over the years.

If you liked Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, you might also like…

89% match

Play Dirty

1969

88% match

The Field

1990

81% match

Maniac

2012

80% match

The Sundowners

1960

74% match

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

2006

72% match

So Dear to My Heart

1948

70% match

The House That Jack Built

2018

63% match

Azrael

2024

62% match

A Bucket of Blood

1959

60% match

The Girl Next Door

2007

60% match

Santa Sangre

1989

60% match

The Robe

1953

60% match

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas

2015

60% match

Living in Oblivion

1995

60% match

Rams

2020

60% match

The Woman

2011

60% match

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989

60% match

Boss Level

2021

60% match

Alvarez Kelly

1966

60% match

Crimes of the Future

2022