Dear Sir or Madam!

We are pleased to draw your attention to Kunsthalle Wien's upcoming
exhibition on the Australian performance artist MIKE PARR. We would be
grateful to see this exhibition announced in your medium. Please don't
hesitate to contact me in case you need more detailed press information or
images. 

All the best!
Katharina Murschetz
katharina.murschetz@kun
sthallewien.at  
+43-1-52189 1221



Mike Parr. Edelweiß

Press conference: Thursday 8 November, 2012, 10 a.m., Kunsthalle Wien

Mike Parr, born in 1945, ranks among today’s most radical performance
artists. In parallel to international movements of the 1970s, Parr set out
on his career as an artist in Australia with provocative appearances
testing the limits of his body and his physical capacity as far as
self-mutilation. His art is determined by the trauma of being born with
only one arm and is concerned with the artist’s identity, with self-control
and memory. Aimed at triggering unusual reactions on the part of the
viewer, Parr’s performances use shock, pain, disgust and taboo to activate
a discussion on ethical issues and art. 

Curator: Synne Genzmer

Exhibition Catalogue

Exhibiton catalogue in German and English, ed. Kunsthalle Wien, Synne
Genzmer, approx. 220 pages, with essays by Synne Genzmer, Anne Marsh and
Gregory Wilding, approx. 250 colour and b/w images.


Exhibiton: 9 November, 2012 to 24 February, 2013


Credit: Mike Parr, The Emetics (Primary Vomit): I am Sick of Art (Red,
Yellow and Blue) Red, 1977 © Mike Parr

For further information and press images please visit: http://www.kunsthallewien.at/en/press/



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