1st Edition

From Object to Performance The Beginnings of Israeli Performance Art

By Dror Harari Copyright 2026
280 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

From Object to Performance identifies, analyses, and critically contemplates the advent of a “performance mentality” and the gradual maturation of a “performative turn” in Israeli art.   Manifested in the transition from object-oriented art to performance-based art, this cultural moment reflected both the exposure and responsiveness of young Israeli artists to experimental currents in North... Read more

Introduction

1. Documented, Undocumented, Lost: On Writing the History of Past Israeli Performance Art

2. The 1960s: The Emergence of a Performative Mentality and Practice

3. Outdoor Art Activities, 1970-1974: In Search of a “New Earth”

4. Engaging the Body, Contesting Collective Identity: Performance Art after the Yom Kippur War of 1973

5. Site-Specificity and Identity Politics: Pinchas Cohen Gan’s 1970s Critical Art Activities

6. The Emergence of Performance Art at Bezalel: Pedagogy, Actions, and Protest

7. Yona Fischer: Curatorship and the Transition from Object to Performance

8. Epilogue: 76, 79… and Onwards

Biography

Dror Harari is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theatre Arts, Tel Aviv University, Israel.