Lea Vergine - Il corpo come linguaggio (La “Body-art” e storie simili) - Giampaolo Prearo 1974
First edition of Lea Vergine’s seminal survey of Body Art and related practices, published by Giampaolo Prearo in Milan in 1974. One of the earliest comprehensive publications on the subject, bringing together works, statements and photographic documentation by artists including Vito Acconci, Gina Pane, Joseph Beuys, Dan Graham, Rebecca Horn, Joan Jonas, Hermann Nitsch, Richard Serra and Rudolf Schwarzkogler. With an extensive anthology of artists’ texts and English translations facing the Italian text. An important primary document of the emergence of Body Art and performance in the early 1970s.
320p - IT/EN - 23×16,8cm - softcover - very good condition