Perform (Art Works) [Paperback]

Jens Hoffmann (Author), Joan Jonas (Author)

Book Description

Series: Art Works | Publication Date: May 2005

The third title in Thames & Hudson's major new Art Works series, this 'exhibition in a book' features the work of over 100 artists who examine the place and function of performance in the contemporary world. The book is divided into eight rooms on the themes of: Inside the Box/Outside the Box; Perofrming the Object; Exchange and Transform; Still Life/Tableaux Vivants; Provoking the Everyday; Traces/Oblivion; Narrate/Withhold; and The Performer is in All of Us. Some of the artists present themselves as living, performing objects, others make the audience the main protagonists in the creative process. Some create ephemeral or short-lived pieces, or pieces that are designed to leave traces of the artist's or viewer's actions, while others freeze time in dramatic images or hyperrealistic sculptures. Some explore storytelling in their performances, while others offer only cryptic fragments. Complete with over 300 illustrations, most in full colour, Perform explores performnce in art from a wide range of artistic attitudes and practices. The book closes with a round-table discussion between the author-curators and a handful of fellow critics, artists and writers on themes and ideas stimulated by the topic of the book.

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About the Author

Jens Hoffmann is the director of exhibitions at the ICA, London. Joan Jonas is a renowned performance and video artist, based in New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson (May 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0500930066
• ISBN-13: 978-0500930069
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,436,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)