Leigh Bowery was a performance artist, club promoter, fashion designer and instrumental figure in the London/New York club scene of the 80s and 90s. His spirit lives on in provocateurs like Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, James St. James, and Lady Gaga.
Rudolf Schwarzkogler was an Austrian performance artist closely associated with the Viennese Actionism group that included artists Günter Brus, Otto Mühl, and Hermann Nitsch.
He is best known today for photographs depicting his series of closely controlled "Aktionen" featuring such iconography a