Rudolf Schwarzkogler

Dubbed the “Vincent Van Gogh of Body Art” in reference to the use of cutting and bodily mutilation in his performances. These staged private performances (aktions) in which he showed the amputated or self-harmed body covered in nets and bandages, were always closely documented by the camera and carefully staged. He died falling / flying from his window in a state of extreme agitation. His work is included in the Tate, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and Sammlung Friedrichshof, Austria.