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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Direct art</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>happenings</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>actions</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>post-1945 fine arts styles and movements</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Viennese Actionism</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>actionism</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>actionist</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>art, Direct</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to a movement formed of a group of Austrian artists active in the 1960s. The style is characterized by violent and disturbing forms of expression such as actions or happenings, often involving nudity, blood, and the destruction of animal corpses. ]]></note></mads>