This is Performance Art - Softcover

Brimfield, Mel; Fenton, Matt

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5 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190731735X ISBN 13: 9781907317354

Publisher: Black Dog Press, 2011

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Mel Brimfield's complex practice takes a skewed and tangled romp through the already vexed historiography of performance art, simultaneously revealing and inventing a rich history of collaboration between artists, dancers, theater makers, political activists and comedians.

This is a unique presentation of previously unseen ephemera, artefacts and documentation relating to some of the most significant performance work of the last 50 years, framed by anecdotes and reminiscences from leading lights working within this vibrant field.

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About the Author:

Mel Brimfield studied Fine Art in Bath and is a recent MA graduate from Chelsea College of Art.

Jon Wood is an art historian who specializes in twentieth-century and contemporary sculpture. He completed his doctorate at the Courtauld Institute and works at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds. He is an Associate Lecturer at Leeds University, where he teaches on the MA in Sculpture Studies.

Review:

'This catalogue is both Brimfield's variety act universe and a critical discourse which, with jokes, cracks, caricatures, pastiches, and outright mockery lovingly applied, helps the show to go on' Art Book Review

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