Performing the Body/Performing the Text (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415190596)

This book explores the new performativity in art theory and practice, examining ways of rethinking interpretive processes in visual culture. Since the 1960s, visual art practices - from body art to minimalism - have taken contemporary art outside the museum and gallery; by embracing theatricality and performance and exploding the boundaries set by traditional art criticism. The contributors argue that interpretation needs to be recognised as much more dynamic and contingent. Offering its own performance script, and embracing both canonical fine artists such as Manet, De Kooning and Jasper Johns, and performance artists such as Vito Acconci and Gunter Brus, this book offers radical re-readings of art works and points confidently towards new models for understanding art.

Author: Amelia Jones
ISBN-10: 0415190592
ISBN-13: 9780415190596
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/15/1999
Pages: 318
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.87lbs
Size: 9.98h x 7.04w x 0.95d