An inverted urinal used to question what constitutes an "art object". Viennese Actionism Performance Art Group including Brus and Otto Muehl used bodily fluids to break down social taboos Chris Ofili The Holy Virgin Mary
In the avant-garde tradition, "extreme" refers to pushing past the boundaries of polite society to force a visceral reaction. Artists use excrement to: Protest Repression : In 1968, artist Günter Brus avantgarde extreme scat