1st Edition

Conceptual Performance Enacting Conceptual Art

By Nick Kaye Copyright 2024
278 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

278 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

278 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Conceptual Performance explores how the radical visual art that challenged material aesthetics in the 1960s and 1970s tested and extended the limits, character and concept of performance. Conceptual Performance sets out the history, theoretical basis, and character of this genre of work through a wide range of case studies. The volume considers how and why principal modes and agendas in... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Languages  3. Documents  4. Things  5. Infiltrations  6. Theatricalities  7. Conclusion

Biography

Nick Kaye is Professor of Performance Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom. His books include Site-Specific Art (2000), Multi-Media (2007), Performing Presence (with Gabriella Giannachi, 2011), Dennis Oppenheim: Body to Performance (with Amy van Winkle Oppenheim, 2016), and he is co-editor of Artists in the Archive (2018).