Rituals of Rented Island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama--Manhattan, 1970-1980

143 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 31, 2013 to February 2, 2014. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. *** "This volume explores three unique performance art practices of the 1970s and early 1980s: 'object theatre' (in which artists engage directly with the objects in the world around them); 'loft performance' (where artists performed in lofts, storefronts and the alternative spaces of New York's SoHo); and 'new psychodrama' (in which artists drew on formal performance modes to explore everyday experience). By tracing the paths of such artists as Stuart Sherman, Julia Heyward, Jared Bark and Jill Kroesen, this catalogue makes newly visible a critical period in the development of performance art. 'Rituals of Rented Island' examines the disparate yet related practices of the artists mentioned above alongside those of the notorious Kipper Kids; composer-musician John Zorn; and legendary playwright and filmmaker Jack Smith; among others." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: "Like canyons and rivers": performance for its own sake, by J. Hoberman; Love is an object, by Jay Sanders; Vito Acconci; Laurie Anderson; Jared Bark; Ericka Beckman; Ralston Farina; Richard Foreman/Ontological-Hysteric Theater; Julia Heyward; Ken Jacobs Apparition Theater of New York; Mike Kelley; Kipper Kids; Jill Kroesen; Sylvia Palacios Whitman; Yvonne Rainer and Babette Mangolte; Stuart Sherman; Theodora Skipitares; Jack Smith; Michael Smith; Squat Theatre; Robert Wilson/Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds; John Zorn/Theatre of Musical Optics. Size: 8vo.…