
Rituals of Rented Island
Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama-Manhattan, 1970-1980
Jay Sanders(Author)
Yale University Press
Will be published approx. on 15. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-300-19586-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this important volume, Jay Sanders and J. Hoberman explore the vibrant underground performance art scene of 1970s New York. Focusing on little-known and long-forgotten works, which were often performed in live/work lofts, storefronts, and alternative spaces of the city's SoHo district, often for an audience comprising a handful of fellow artists, this catalogue makes newly visible a critical period in the development of performance art.
Rituals of Rented Island examines the disparate yet related practices of twenty artists, including Stuart Sherman; collaborators Yvonne Rainer and Babette Mangotle; Julia Heyward; Jill Kroesen; Richard Foreman; Squat Theatre; composer-musician John Zorn; and legendary playwright and filmmaker Jack Smith; among others. With an array of previously unpublished images, including installation photographs, scripts, handwritten notes, and other ephemera, drawn from the artists' own archives, this volume illuminates the eccentric singularities of the performance art of this era and its relevance today.
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Whitney Museum of American Art
(10/31/13-02/02/14)
Rituals of Rented Island examines the disparate yet related practices of twenty artists, including Stuart Sherman; collaborators Yvonne Rainer and Babette Mangotle; Julia Heyward; Jill Kroesen; Richard Foreman; Squat Theatre; composer-musician John Zorn; and legendary playwright and filmmaker Jack Smith; among others. With an array of previously unpublished images, including installation photographs, scripts, handwritten notes, and other ephemera, drawn from the artists' own archives, this volume illuminates the eccentric singularities of the performance art of this era and its relevance today.
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Whitney Museum of American Art
(10/31/13-02/02/14)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
115 color + 150 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-19586-6 (9780300195866)
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Persons
Jay Sanders is curator and curator of performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. J. Hoberman is an independent writer and critic.