CHARLOTTENBURG.- Galerie Guido W. Baudach Charlottenburg presents, for the first time in Berlin, an extensive solo exhibition of work by the Viennese actionist Rudolf Schwarzkogler (1940–1969). Rudolf Schwarzkogler is what we tend to call an artists’ artist. Without ever having been the centre of art-world attention, his work enjoys the greatest possible international esteem – particularly among artists – largely due to his unique timeless brisance and his impressive formal precision. Alongside Günter Brus, Hermann Nitsch and Otto Muehl, Schwarzkogler was one of the main representatives of Viennese actionism, though he never produced a single exhibition in his short lifetime and only ever carried out one action in front of an audience, the first of eight in total. The actionists’ stated aim was to create comprehensive synaesthetic artistic experiences using everyday objects and the direct involve