Out Of Actions: Between Performance And The Object 1949-1979 [Paperback]

Paul Schimmel (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: THAMES & HUDSON @
• ASIN: B0017SBHH4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, unique survey, November 29, 2006

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This review is from: Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979 (Paperback)

I bought this book for twenty bucks when I was a starving art student at SAIC ten years ago, mainly for its coverage of the Gutai group and the Viennese actionists.
This book covers mainly action-based painters, sculptures, and photographers, so be warned it's not so useful as a general survey of performance art. I seem to recall it left out John Cage but included Nam June Paik, R.I.P.
It's huge, heavy, and full of great photographs-- not only of the actions themselves but also the resulting paintings, photographs, and sculptures. Images by Arnulf Rainer, Shwartzkogler, that Gutai dude that jumps through paper and the other one that fights mud stand out in my mind.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the first prize winner for best catologue 1998 AICA, January 6, 1999

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This review is from: Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979 (Paperback)

this book is indespenceible for studies in post war and contemporary art- winner for best exhibition and catalogue from the international association of art critics