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Out of Now, updated edition
Now in paperback, an updated edition of a visually stunning documentary record and critical account of Tehching Hsieh's epic performance works. In the vibrant downtown Manhattan art scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Taiwanese-American artist Tehching Hsieh made a series of extraordinary performance art works. Between September 1978 and July 1986, Hsieh realized five separate one-year-long performance pieces in which he conformed to simple but highly restrictive rules throughout each entire year. Through the course of these lifeworks, Hsieh moved from a year of solitary confinement in a sealed cell to a year in which he punched a worker's time clock in his studio every hour on the ...
Live
Leading artists and thinkers assess the relevance of Live Art now and its impact within the visual arts and the broader cultural sphere.
Perform, Repeat, Record
Bringing together contributors from dance, theatre, visual studies, and art history, this title addresses the conundrum of how live art is positioned within history.
Gwen John
The artist Gwen John (1876-1939), known for her intense figure studies, portraits and interiors, was one of the most enigmatic and intriguing figures in the history of twentieth century art. This first publication of an extensive selection of unabridged letters, alongside extracts from her notebooks, sheds new light on her life, her career and her artistic development.
Ana Mendieta
Published to accompany the exhibition held at Hayward Gallery 24 September - 15 December 2013, Museum der Moderne-Rupertinum, Salzburg 29 March- 6 July 2014.
Contemporary Theatres in Europe
With specific examples and case studies by specialist writers, academics and a new generation of theatre researchers, this collection of specially commissioned essays is the perfect introduction to contemporary theatre practices in Europe.
The Small Acts-Performance
"Small Acts documents the work of fourteen performance artists who marked the personal and political resonances of the new Millennium in a series of site-specific actions" -- back cover.
Marina Abramović
At once radical, controversial and revered, Marina Abramovic is the progenitor of contemporary performance art At once radical, controversial and revered, Marina Abramovic is one of the most discussed artists today. Famous for her groundbreaking performance works, she continues to expand the boundaries of art. This publication, accompanying her first major retrospective in Europe, gives an extensive overview of her work from the earliest years until today: film, photography, paintings and objects, installations and archival material. Since the early 1970s Abramovic has explored the intersection between performing and visual art in her work and, though rarely overtly political, posed questions of power and hierarchy. In addressing fundamental issues of our existence and seeking the core of such notions as loss, memory, pain endurance and trust, she both provokes and moves.
Bobby Baker
The first full-length book by and about one of the most important performance artists working today, this collection brings together a 'best of' selection of the myriad articles written about Baker's work by various writers and academics including Marina Warner and Griselda Pollock.
