Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979

by Paul Schimmel, Guy Brett, Calif.) Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles

Performance art and its merging with traditional painting and sculpture, is the great revolution of postwar art. Its links to theatre, photography, music, dance, politics and popular culture have made it popular with contemporary artists. This book covers more than three decades of work.

Genres: Art

407 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1998

Reviews

[Lanny]

I would love to take a class that uses this exact book for the text-book. This is the book for looking at the recent history of global contemporary performance art as far as I can tell.
I'm sure there are gaps, but this book seems to be everyone else's "gaps" made into a text-book! that's pushing it too.
Its a very well produced text on the subject.

[Annie]

An excellent performance anthology, starting with Pollack in 1949 and ending with Marta Minujin in 1971.