Published for the artist's exhibition at Junge Generation gallery, Vienna, 1964 (June 23-July 1964). Largerly spread in the occasion of the 1964 Venice Biennale on the sidelines of the event and send to the most important galleries and thaters in Europe and overseas. Hermann Nitsch, Manifest das Lamm, in Orgien Mysterien Theatre/Orgies Mysteries Theatre, Darmstadt, Marz Verlag, 1969, pp. 47-52

Author(s): Hermann Nitsch

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Language : German

Medium : Leaflet, Book

Original edition of the manifesto: Published for the artist's exhibition at Junge Generation gallery, Vienna, 1964 (June 23-July 1964). Largerly spread in the occasion of the 1964 Venice Biennale on the sidelines of the event and send to the most important galleries and thaters in Europe and overseas. Hermann Nitsch, Manifest das Lamm, in Orgien Mysterien Theatre/Orgies Mysteries Theatre, Darmstadt, Marz Verlag, 1969, pp. 47-52

Where can we find this manifesto? Kristine Stiles, Peter Selz, Theories and documents of contemporary art, A sourcebook of artists' writings, Berkeley, London: University of California Press, 1996, p. 748. Kramer, Antje (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècle, Paris: Beaux Arts éditions, 2011;

Link(s) to the manifesto:

Which critic recognizes the work as a manifesto ? or: Typical characteristics of a manifesto Kramer, Antje (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècle, Paris: Beaux Arts éditions, 2011.

Editorial comments: The artist inscribes his research in the climate of the Vienna actionism. After "Das Lamm", Nitsch qualified as manifestos many more other texts of him in catalogues and publications.