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Out of actions : between performance and the object, 1949-1979 / [organized by Paul Schimmel] ; with essays by Kristine Stiles ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Thames and Hudson, 1998.Description: 407 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9780500280508
  • 0500280509
  • 9780914357568
  • 0914357565
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Contents:
Leap into the void : performance and the object / Paul Schimmel -- Body and place : action in postwar art in Japan / Shinichiro Osaki -- Gesture and the object : liberation as aktion: a European component of performative art / Hubert Klocker -- Life strategies : overview and selection Buenos Aires-London-Rio de Janeiro-Santiago de Chile, 1960-1980 / Guy Brett -- Uncorrupted joy : international art actions / Kristine Stiles.
Summary: The rise of performance art, and its merging with more traditional art forms, is one of the key features of postwar art. This book looks at over three decades of performance art.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Yellow 709.040755 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 09913

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Calif., February 8 - May 10, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-406).

Leap into the void : performance and the object / Paul Schimmel -- Body and place : action in postwar art in Japan / Shinichiro Osaki -- Gesture and the object : liberation as aktion: a European component of performative art / Hubert Klocker -- Life strategies : overview and selection Buenos Aires-London-Rio de Janeiro-Santiago de Chile, 1960-1980 / Guy Brett -- Uncorrupted joy : international art actions / Kristine Stiles.

The rise of performance art, and its merging with more traditional art forms, is one of the key features of postwar art. This book looks at over three decades of performance art.