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Este libro inicia sus contenidos con una gran pregunta que atraviesa toda nuestra actualidad. Cómo nombrar aquello que se define desde la lengua franca del arte contemporáneo desde nuestro lugar hispanohablante ¿Qué significa decir Performance art en Chile hoy? En el caso de Chile, las grandes manifestaciones del 2011 por la educación vertieron múltiples agencias de cuerpos entrelazados en la calle, un roce de cuerpos que sigue aun latiendo...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Karen Finley and Performance Art is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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1 videodisc (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An experiential introduction to Shakespeare award-winning poet Mandy Kahn and the process behind her immersive, performative, peace-building poems. Filmmaker Courtney Sell carefully documents both the personal and interactive aspects of Kahn's work, which speaks for itself, culminating in a public performance at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Themes include meditation, nature, and unity. A perfect blend of new-age gratitude and intentions, playfulness,...
4) Luna Luna
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319 pages, 4 folded pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
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158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
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Since the early 1970's, Marina Abramovic has pioneered the use of performance as a visual art form, exploring her physical and emotional limits in some of the most iconic works in contemporary art. Her body is her primary subject and medium, from the early sound-based performances in her native Yugoslavia, to her collaborative works with German artists Ulay (Frank Uwe Laysiepen), her videos exploring her Balkan heritage, and most recently her re-enactments...
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic has been redefining art for nearly forty years. Using her body as a vehicle, she creates performances that challenge, shock, and move us. This is a mesmerizing journey into the world of radical performance and an intimate portrait of an astonishingly magnetic, endlessly intriguing woman who draws no distinction between life and art.
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"Arky Levin has reached a creative dead end. Guilty and restless after an unexpected separation from his wife, almost by chance he stumbles upon an art exhibit that will change his life. Based on a real piece of performance art, the installation that the fictional Arky Levin discovers is inexplicably powerful. Visitors to the Museum of Modern Art sit across a table from artist Marina Abramović for as short or long a period of time as they choose....
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319 pages : illustrations (some color), photographs ; 24 cm
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An icon of performance art and the indie-music world, this is the first book on the artist's full career to date, as curated by the artist herself. Laurie Anderson is one of the most revered artists working today, and she is as prolific as she is inventive. She is a musician, performance artist, composer, fiction writer, and filmmaker (her most recent foray, Heart of a Dog, was lauded as an "experimental marvel" by the Los Angeles Times). Anderson...
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xxi, 435 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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"We all know what Modern Art looks like. We've seen Monet's water lilies, we've admired Picasso's nudes, and we've gawked at Damien's shark, as well as the price tag. But what does it all mean? What is Modern Art? Who started it? Why do we love/hate it? And why is it such big money? What Are You Looking At? takes the reader on a captivating tour of modern art from Impressionism to the present day, telling the story of the movements, the artists and...
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405 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Examines the premise that the progress of art in Los Angeles ceased during the 1970s--after the decline of the Ferus Gallery, the scattering of its stable of artists (Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz, Ed Moses, Ed Rusha and others), and the economic struggles throughout the decade--and didn't resume until sometime around 1984 when Mark Tansey, Alison Saar, Judy Fiskin, Carrie Mae Weems, David Salle, Manuel Ocampo, among others became stars in an exploding...
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xv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Most people outside of the art world view art as something that is foreign to their experiences and everyday lives. A People's Art History of the United States places art history squarely in the rough-and-tumble of politics, social struggles, and the fight for justice from the colonial era through the present day. Author and radical artist Nicolas Lampert combines historical sweep with detailed examinations of individual artists and works in a politically...
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216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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From the earliest cave paintings through to the internet and street art, this inspiring book chronicles the 100 most influential ideas that have shaped the world of art. Arranged in broadly chronological order, it provides a source of inspiration and a fascinating resource for the general reader to dip into. Lavishly illustrated with historical masterpieces and packed with fascinating contemporary examples, this is an inspirational and wholly original...
18) Indian culture
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An introduction to the culture of India to include religion, family life, art and architecture, performance art, and current trends.
19) Blood bitch
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1 audio disc (36 min., 29 sec.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Norwegian artist and writer Jenny Hval is known for her fascinating voice, singular delivery, and markedly non-traditional arrangements which incorporate elements of poetry, prose writing, performance art, and film.
20) Females
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106 pages ; 18 cm
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"Females is Andrea Long Chu's genre-defying investigation into sex and lies, desperate artists and reckless politics, the smothering embrace of gender and the punishing force of desire.Drawing inspiration from a forgotten play by Valerie Solanas--the woman who wrote the SCUM Manifesto and shot Andy Warhol--Chu aims her searing wit and surgical intuition at targets ranging from performance art to psychoanalysis, incels to porn. She even has a few barbs...
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