Since Günter Brus (born 1938 - lives in Graz) appeared in public as an “actionist” with the Vienna Walk in 1965, he has created a diverse oeuvre. It is the artist's first exhibition in Berlin, even though the artist lived there for a long time and had a significant influence on the city's art scene. The comprehensive show, entitled “Zones of Disturbance,” takes you through his entire work, but also focuses on it.
Starting with the informal works, the actionist period is shown in films, photos, documents and numerous drawings, giving a vivid impression of the artistic environment from which the art emerged. At the beginning of the 1960s, Viennese Actionism expanded painting not only into the object area, but into the physical realm. With his “self-paintings”, Brus played a decisive role in the performative turn in literature and fine art. In 1970, the last “Term Test” campaign took place in Munich.
After being sentenced to prison in Vienna for “degrading Austrian symbols and violating morality and modesty,” Brus fled into exile in West Berlin. Between 1969 and 1975 he created not only extremely important works with which he was invited to documenta 5, 1972 and again to documenta 7, 1982. A creative cosmos emerged in the “Exil” restaurant in Berlin-Kreuzberg in the 1970s that continues to have an impact on the artist and intellectual scene today.