Performance Art (Thames & Hudson - World of Art) - From Futurism to the Present

RoseLee Goldberg

Thames& Hudson

2011

256 páginas

8h 32m

ISBN-13: 9780500204047

This pioneering book has now been expanded with a new chapter that brings it into the second decade of the twenty-first century, mapping the global rise of performance to the present day. RoseLee Goldberg explores contemporary artists’ approaches to politics, tradition, social engagement, and the art world itself, while evaluating the changing status of performance and its ever-increasing relevance to artists and audiences.
Featuring recent work by leading performance artists such as Marina Abramovic, Walid Raad, Francis Alys, Pierre Huyghe, Tino Sehgal, and Sharon Hayes, the book covers a century of the medium. This new edition also includes an updated foreword and an expanded reading list.
RoseLee Goldberg is an art historian, curator, critic and leading authority on performance art. Among her other books are Laurie Anderson, Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present, and Performance: Live Art Since the 60s.