resources
Public and private organizations, collections and archives that contribute resources and expertise to researching the work of Otto Muehl are listed below in alphabetical order, alongside information – where available – taken from their websites. Though links to these sites have yet to be added, because of their importance for research purposes, the Association for Study and Research Otto Muehl will ensure these are uploaded on an ongoing basis, as well as information provided by its members and others who wish to contribute to this review.
principal resources
Archives Otto Muehl : « […] represents and manages the collection of the foundation founded by Otto Muehl. This collection contains works from 1937 to 2013 : oil and acrylic paintings, aquarelles, drawings, silkscreen prints, objects, actions, photos, films, texts and music. »
Estate Otto Muehl « […] was founded in early 2019 and for the first time, combines Otto Muehl’s entire legacy. It manages both the holdings of the artist established Archives Otto Muehl foundation as well as the holdings of the Sammlung Friedrichshof. »
Film Museum Wien « […] preserves the major works from the history of Independent Filmmaking in Austria. These range from films by Peter Kubelka, Kurt Kren, Ernst Schmidt jr. and Valie Export […] »
The Otto Muehl Papers own by the Getty Research Institute « […] includes rare photographic material documenting Viennese Actionism and Action Analysis sessions at the Friedrichshof Commune and a wealth of Muehl’s unpublished writings […]. »
mumok : « […] collection presents the development of actionism from its early challenge to painting to the expansion of painting in favor of staging events in space and time. This unique collection is the world’s largest. »
sixpackfilm [Valie EXPORT, Kurt Kren, Ernst Schmidt jr., Peter Weibel…]
others resources
Centre Georges Pompidou [Valie EXPORT, Günter Brus, Kurt Kren, Otto Muehl, Rudolf Schwarzkogker]
OstLicht Collection « […] Another focal point of the collection is given over to the photographic works of the Vienna Actionists, who commissioned press photographers to record their performative events. For art historians and, indeed, the art market, these photographs constitute Actionist’ works while the authors of the photographic images often remain uncredited. »
Sammlung Konzett : « The focal point of the collection was initially on Viennese Actionism. In the meantime, also the oeuvres of Günter Brus, Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch and Rudolf Schwarzkogler are well represented through major works and are supplemented with documentary material such as photographs, graphic works, films, books, and autographs. »