"ART"
What is art? Everyone has their own definition. But I've stumbled upon a type of "art" that I refuse to call "art." The movement of Actionism is little known to the general populous and consists of a myriad of disturbing works that I've been forced to learn about through an upper level art history class. It's a good thing I go into this class every T and TH hungry. So first of all, lets define actionism, this is how Term Wiki describes it "English version of general German term for Performance art, but was specifically used for the name of the Vienna-based group Wiener Aktionismus founded in 1962. The principal members of the group were Gunter Brus, Hermann Nitsch and Rudolph Schwarzkogler." So it's this type of "art" that (from what I can tell) utilizes dead animals, genitals and blood to create "pieces of art." Take for example Acconi's Seedbed, Sonnabend Gallery, NYC 1972. The picture looks unassuming enough and y...