Brus – Brus, Günter. – Die Schastrommel Nr. 8c. Günter Brus. Aktionen. 1969 – 1970.

One of 500 copies. – A central document of Günter Brus’s actionist work, including invitations to individual events and press releases in facsimile. Features images of participants and some members of the audience, including Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Hermann Nitsch, Otto Mühl, Kurt Kren, Gerhard Rühm, Oswald Wiener, Valie Export, Peter Weibel, Arnulf Rainer, Reinhard Priessnitz, Kristian Sotriffer, Ruediger Engerth, and others. With the collaboration of Frank Dolch, who was responsible for the screen prints on the covers and inserts. Illustrations based on photographs by (Ludwig) Hoffenreich, (Peter) Lehner, Khasaq (Siegfried Klein), (Kurt) Kren, (Hanns) Sohm, and others. Advertisements for Schastrommel, Galerie Hundertmark, and Galerie Grünangergasse 12. – In a press-campaign Günter Brus was declared to be ‘the most hated Austrian’, because in June 1968 he was presenting during an event ‘Art and Religion’ at the University of Vienna, his provoking body analysis. At this action also Otto Muehl, Peter Weibel and Oswald Wiener were participating. Not to be arrested, he flees with his family to Berlin, to live their in exile until 1979. In his own editorial from 1969 until 1974 he published the limited artist-journal ‘Die Schastrommel’, organ of the Austrian Excile-Government, as organ of the Viennese actionists. Many artist-colleagues were participating in different editions, like Gerhard Rühm, Otto Muehl, Peter Gorsen, Hermann Nitsch, Rudolf Schwarzkogler and Oswald Wiener. – A perfect copy.