Rituals of Rented Island - Object Theater, Loft Performance, New Psychodramamanhattan, 19701980

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 31, 2013 - January 2014.

About the author

Jay Sanders is curator of performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. J. Hoberman is an independent writer and critic.

Summary

Explores three performance art practices of the 1970s and early 1980s: "object theater"; "loft performance"; and "new psychodrama". By tracing the paths of such artists as Stuart Sherman, Julia Heyward, Jared Bark and Jill Kroesen, this title makes visible a critical period in the development of performance art.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Sanders, Jay/ Hoberman Sanders, Sanders Jay
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2014
• EAN: 9780300195866
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19586-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Whitney Museum of American Art; Whitney Museum, New York Exhib; Whitney Museum of American Art; Bioethics; Whitney Museum, New York Exhib
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Performance, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Performance Art