TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON ART - From Abstraction to Participation

Establishing a "missed link" between the work of Piero Manzoni and Hélio Oiticica and their respective cultural contexts, this book sheds new light on overlooked aspects of these two artists' practices, particularly focusing on the shift from painting to performance in the long Sixties.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Tabula Rasa 2. Anti-Art 3. Open Work 4.The Freedom of (self)Marginalisation Epilogue

About the author

Lara Demori is Postdoctoral Fellow and scientific Assistant at the Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History.

Summary

Establishing a “missed link” between the work of Piero Manzoni and Hélio Oiticica and their respective cultural contexts, this book sheds new light on overlooked aspects of these two artists’ practices, particularly focusing on the shift from painting to performance in the long Sixties.

Product details

• Authors: Lara Demori
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.04.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781032165004
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216500-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Latin America, Theory of art, European History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), ART / History / General, ART / European, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Caribbean & Latin American, ART / Performance, History of art / art & design styles, Theatre Studies, History of Art, Second World War, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Performance Art, Modern warfare, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Hispanic & Latino Studies