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Contemporary artist Guenter Brus, the last surviving key member of Viennas famed "actionists", has died at the age of 85, the museum dedicated to the radical and provocative art movement said Sunday.

Contemporary artist Guenter Brus, the last surviving key member of Vienna's famed "actionists", has died at the age of 85, the museum dedicated to the radical and provocative art movement said Sunday. But the movement at times took a heavy toll on the artist. 

Guenter Brus, together with three others, founded the "Vienna Actionism" movement which emerged in the 1960s

Several shows are recognising Guenter Brus, the last surviving key member of Viennas famed "actionists", who turned 85 this week and whose radical movement broke new ground using the body to make art.

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