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Hermann Nitsch is known for his ritualistic performance actions, often combining fake crucifixion with the dise...
Hermann Nitsch is an Austrian performance artist, associated with the Vienna Actionists.
In 1998, Nitsch staged his 100th performance (named the 6-Day Play after its length) which took place at his castle in Austria, called Schloss Prinzendorf.
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 Performance art
Performance art, as the term is usually understood, began to be identified in the 1960s with the work of artists such as Allan Kaprow, who coined the term happenings, Vito Acconci, Hermann Nitsch and Joseph Beuys.
Performance art is a term usually reserved to refer to a kind of usually avant garde or conceptual art which grew out of the visual arts.
Western cultural theorists often trace performance art activity back to the beginning of the 20th century.
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 Hermann Goring --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Hermann Göring, commander of the Storm Troopers, 1933.
Dramatist and novelist Hermann Sudermann was one of the leading writers of the German naturalist movement.
In the 1960s many of the books written by Hermann Hesse became cult novels for the college-age generation.
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