Antonin Artaud. (Preview).MUSEUM MODERNER KUNST STIFTUNG LUDWIG WIEN An actor, playwright, film director, and diagnosed schizophrenic, Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (born September 4, 1896, in Marseille; died March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and director. advocated the radical dissolution of barriers separating art from life and self from other--most famously in his 1938 manifesto, Theater and Its Double. He's also earned praise from the likes of Jacques Derrida Noun 1. Jacques Derrida - French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004) Derrida for the paintings and drawings he began making in 1918, during the first of many mental-ward stays. Now Artaud is the subject of a major exhibition organized by MUMOK's Cathrin Pichler and Hans Peter Litscher, featuring films, drawings, original manuscripts, and his once censored cen·sor n. 1. A person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable. 2. radio broadcast "To Have Done with the Judgment of God." Given the art world's current fascination with his fellow Frenchman and dissident Surrealist Georges Bataille Georges Bataille (French IPA: [ʒɔʀʒ ba'taj]) (September 10, 1897 – July 9, 1962) was a French writer and philosopher, though he avoided this last term himself. , can an Artaud revival be far behind? Sept. 5-Nov. 17. |
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