Beginning with such key artists as Marcel Duchamp and Jackson Pollock, this book examines a selection of the most significant players who have used their bodies to create their art - among them, in the 1960s, Carolee Schneemann, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Yoko Ono; in the 1970s, Chris Burden, Ana Mendieta, Vito Acconci, Marina Abramovic; up to the present, with works by Matthew Barney, Yasumasa Morimura and Mona Hatoum. Survey author Amelia Jones, among the world's leading experts in the field, discusses these performance and body artists against the background of the social history of the times. The Documents section, edited by Tracey Warr, is parallel to the illustrated works of art, and combines texts by critics who shaped the movement, from Lucy R. Lippard to Thomas McEvilley. Alongside these are writings by philosophers and thinkers such as Georges Bataille and Gilles Deleuze who have contributed on a theoretical level to the discussion around the body - a prevalent theme in late twentieth-century cultural theory.' (Front Endpaper)
A collection of documents in the Document section include manifestos, statements, essays and writings by artists and art critics, and interviews.
Artists' and authors' biographies included.
A reprinted copy of this publication in paperback is also available in the archive.
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Mona HATOUM, 
Hi Red Centre, ハイレッド・センター, 
HSIEH Tehching, 謝德慶, 
Shigeko KUBOTA, 久保田成子, 
Tetsumi KUDO, 工藤哲巳, 
Yayoi KUSAMA, 草間彌生, 
Mariko MORI, 森万里子, 
Yasumasa MORIMURA, 森村泰昌, 
Saburo MURAKAMI, 村上三郎, 
Shirin NESHAT, 
Yoko ONO, オノヨーコ, 
Namjune PAIK, 백남준, 
Shozo SHIMAMOTO, 嶋本昭三, 
Kazuo SHIRAGA, 白髮一雄, 
English
performance art,  body
2000
304
0714835021
1
monograph
WORKS
Painting Bodies
Gesturing Bodies
Ritualistic and Transgressive
Bodies
Body Boundaries
Performing Identity
Absent bodies
Extended and Prosthetic Bodies
DOCUMENTS
Painting Bodies
Gesturing Bodies
Ritualistic and Transgressive
Bodies
Body Boundaries
Performing Identity
Absent bodies
Extended and Prosthetic Bodies
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