Performance
Live Art Since the 60s
Published on 6. September 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-500-28219-9 (ISBN)
Description
Juxtaposing starling images and texts, this book presents for the first time the broadest panorama of this multi-faceted artform. From Yves Klein and Piero Manzoni to Joseph Beuys, Robert Wilson, Meredith Monk, Laurie Anderson, Pina Bausch, Matthew Barney, Bill T. Jones, Gilbert and George, Mona Hatoum and many others, with scores of works from Europe, the Americas, Japan and Australia, this is a landmark publication indispensable to all those interested in visual culture.
Reviews / Votes
"'Goldberg's lucid essays offer just enough theory to help the reader grasp performance art's impact within the context of the entire century... Essential for its seriousness, clarity and illustrations, her work will no doubt be the most important text on this subject for quite a while' - Library Journal; 'RoseLee Goldberg has brought her abilities as a writer of compelling narrative to the service of a vast personal knowledge of performance art around the world... She is to be enthusiastically congratulated' - Art Monthly; 'Pioneering... a fascinating book... Goldberg's own writing provides superb connective tissue, prefacing each chapter with a crisp, focused essay' - The Herald; 'A goodlooking picture-book with an intelligent commentary' - Time Out"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 250 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-500-28219-9 (9780500282199)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
RoseLee Goldberg
Performance: Live Art since the 60s
Book
11/1998
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€59.62
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Person
RoseLee Goldberg teaches at New York University and is a frequent contributor to Artforum and other journals.
Content
Foreword by Laurie Anderson; Introduction by RoseLee Goldberg; 1. Performance, Politics, Real Life; 2. Theatre, Music, Opera; 3. The Body: Ritual, Living Sculpture, Performed Photography; 4. Identities: Feminism, Multiculturalism, Sexuality; 5. Dance; 6. Video, Rock'n'Roll, the Spoken Word