Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present

An updated edition of the pioneering study in the acclaimed World of Art series, this classic book traces a full century of performance art, from the Futurist manifesto of 1909 to the second decade of the new millennium. Performance Art is a pioneering history of one of the most important art forms to emerge in the modern era.

Now in its fourth edition, it has been completely revised to reflect on performance at a time when digital technologies are increasingly dominant and live art stands out as an antidote to the overwhelming effects of the media world. Renowned art historian and curator RoseLee Goldberg explains the global phenomenon of performance art and traces the evolution of the medium up to and into the second decade of the 21st century.

The staggering increase in the number of works testifies to the relevance of the medium for new generations of artists entering the global conversation about art and culture, and for articulating difference. Matthew Barney, Tania Bruguera, Nikhil Chopra, Nicholas Hlobo, Zhang Huan, Anne Imhof and Rashid Johnson are among the many artists whose work can now be placed in the context of the field's innovators, from Futurists and Dadaists to Yves Klein, Marina Abramovic and Laurie Anderson.

• Pages: 240
• Language: English
• Author: RoseLee Goldberg
• Year: 2001
• MODEL: 9780500204689

Publisher: Thames and Hudson