Performance Art in Eastern Europe Since 1960

Informationen zum Autor Amy Bryzgel is Senior Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen Klappentext This volume presents the first comprehensive academic study of the history and development of performance art in the former communist countries of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe since the 1960s. Covering 21 countries and more than 250 artists, this text demonstrates the manner in which performance art in the region developed concurrently with the genre in the West, highlighting the unique contributions of Eastern European artists. The discussions are based on primary source material-interviews with the artists themselves. It offers a comparative study of the genre of performance art in countries and cities across the region, examining the manner in which artists addressed issues such as the body, gender, politics and identity, and institutional critique. Zusammenfassung This is the first comprehensive academic study of the history of performance art in Eastern Europe. It is a comparative study that covers twenty-one countries across the region! highlighting the unique contribution of these artists to the genre of performance art. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Sources and origins2. The body3. Gender4. Politics and identity5. Institutional critiqueEpilogueSelect bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Amy Bryzgel, Bryzgel Amy
• Assisted by: Marsha Meskimmon (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2017
• EAN: 9781784994211
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-421-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Rethinking Art's Histories; Rethinking Arts Histories Mup; Rethinking Art's Histories
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Eastern Europe, 20th Century, ART / European, ART / Performance, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Performance Art