Performance Art and Revolution
Stuart Brisley's Cuts in Time
1st Edition
Published on 31. October 2023
264 pages
978-1-5261-6767-5 (ISBN)
Description
Stuart Brisley is a pioneering multi-media and performance artist who developed performance art as a form of social action in the 1960s and 1970s. This book assesses his seminal influence on British art through a focus on his lifelong engagement with the histories and imaginaries of revolution.
Linking revolutionary history with material from a critical dialogue established with Brisley over the last decade, the book recognises Brisley's corpus as a fascinating stage for addressing important questions about the relationship of art, politics and history. How do we make sense of politically committed art in a contemporary context where revolution has supposedly died or is deemed impossible? What can the afterlives of performance art tell us about the historical past, including the promises and contradictions of revolutionary time? -- .
Linking revolutionary history with material from a critical dialogue established with Brisley over the last decade, the book recognises Brisley's corpus as a fascinating stage for addressing important questions about the relationship of art, politics and history. How do we make sense of politically committed art in a contemporary context where revolution has supposedly died or is deemed impossible? What can the afterlives of performance art tell us about the historical past, including the promises and contradictions of revolutionary time? -- .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
45 black & white ebook illustrations
45 black & white ebook illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-6767-5 (9781526167675)
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Person
Sanja Perovic is Professor of French Literature and Cultural History at King's College London -- .
Content
Introduction
1 Into day one of the revolution
2 Ghost dances in history and performance
3 Revolutionising the living past: the Peterlee Project
4 The monument and revolutionary time: the Cenotaph Project
5 Time after history: collections, archives, museums
6 Portrait of the artist en abime
Index -- .
1 Into day one of the revolution
2 Ghost dances in history and performance
3 Revolutionising the living past: the Peterlee Project
4 The monument and revolutionary time: the Cenotaph Project
5 Time after history: collections, archives, museums
6 Portrait of the artist en abime
Index -- .
