Otmar Bauer
Otmar Bauer (born January 9, 1945 in Schärding ; † October 17, 2004 in Petersbaumgarten ) was an Austrian action artist of Viennese actionism .
Otmar Bauer came from the student revolt to Viennese Actionism, where he met Otto Muehl , who made a name for himself in the early 1970s by founding a Reichian- inspired commune , the Action Analysis Organization (AAO).
At the end of the 80s Otmar Bauer broke away from Mühl and lived as a freelance artist partly in the Austrian Burgenland, partly on Santa Maria / Azores .
In 2004 Otmar Bauer published "1968 - autobiographical notes", in which he describes his path from his student days to the 1990s.
Artistic work
Web links
- Literature by and about Otmar Bauer in the catalog of the German National Library
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| SURNAME | Bauer, Otmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian action artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schärding |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 2004 |
| Place of death | Petersbaumgarten , Lower Austria |