Günter Brus Quote

Self-painting is a further development of the art of painting. The surface of an image has lost its function as the sole means of conveying expression. It was taken back to its roots, to the wall, to the object, to the living being, to the human body. By using my body as a means of conveying expression, the result created is a happening captured by a camera as it progresses, and an experience which viewers can share.


P. 140 (1985) - Nervous Stillness on the Horizon (2006)


Self-painting is a further development of the art of painting. The surface of an image has lost its function as the sole means of conveying...

Self-painting is a further development of the art of painting. The surface of an image has lost its function as the sole means of conveying...

Self-painting is a further development of the art of painting. The surface of an image has lost its function as the sole means of conveying...

Self-painting is a further development of the art of painting. The surface of an image has lost its function as the sole means of conveying...