Persona (1981)
Filed under catalogue | Tags: · anonymity, art, body art, narrative, performance, subjectivity
Features the work of nine artists who, in making or presenting their work, assume specific alter-egos or personae (human or animal, fictitious or historical) that serve as vehicles for greater freedom of expression. With essay by the curators Lynn Gumpert and Ned Rifkin, and artists’ statements.
Artists: Eleanor Antin, Mr. Apology, Colin Campbell, Bruce Charlesworth, Colette, Redd Ekks, Lynn Hershman, James Hill, Martial Westburg.
Preface by Marcia Tucker
Publisher The New Museum, New York, 1981
57 pages
via New Museum
Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art (2013)
Filed under catalogue | Tags: · art, art history, contemporary art, performance, performance art
This catalogue explores the history of live, interactive, and video performances since the 1960s. Includes critical essays by the curator Valerie Cassel Oliver, as well as Yona Backer, Naomi Beckwith, Tavia Nyong’o, Clifford Owens, and Franklin Sirmans. Among the artists included are Papo Colo, Sherman Fleming, Coco Fusco, David Hammons, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O’Grady, Adrian Piper, William Pope.L, Dread Scott, and Carrie Mae Weems.
Edited by Valerie Cassel Oliver
Publisher Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 2013
ISBN 1933619384, 9781933619385
144 pages
via CAM Houston
Reviews: Deborah Cullen (CAA, 2014), Diane Mullin (CAA, 2015).
Exh. review: Elena Tavecchia (Mousse, 2014).
Online companion
Exhibition (Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2012-13)
Exhibition (Grey Art Gallery NYU, 2013)
Exhibition (Studio Museum Harlem, 2013-14)
Exhibition (Walker Art Center, 2014)
Publisher
WorldCat
PDF (23 MB)
Issuu
See also article about Adrian Piper’s withdrawal from the show.
Richard Kostelanetz: On Innovative Performance(s): Three Decades of Recollections on Alternative Theatre (1994)
Filed under book | Tags: · art criticism, avant-garde, experimental theatre, happening, performance, performance art, theatre
This collection of essays and notes focuses on individual performances and performers, providing a unique critical record of their work and of the movement. Vito Acconci, Lenny Bruce, Jean Dupuy, Karen Finley, Timothy Leary, The Living Theater, Robert Watts, Zaj, a.o.
Publisher McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 1994
ISBN 0899504736, 9780899504735
vi+276 pages
Review: Robert J. Hubbard (Text & Performance Quarterly, 1996).
PDF (127 MB, no OCR)
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