Out of Actions : between performance and the object, 1949-1979 - Thames & Hudson 1998

The rise of performance art and its merging with more traditional forms like painting and sculpture is the great revolution of postwar art. Its links to theater, photography, music, dance, politics, and popular culture have made it especially important for contemporary artists; more than any other art movement in recent years, performance has become a worldwide phenomenon.
Covering three decades of significant and original art, this book features work by more than one hundred artists from the US, South America, Eastern and Western Europe, and Japan who have had a profound impact on the relationship between visual and performance art in the postwar era. Among the artists included Joseph Beuys, Chris Burden, John Cage, Lygia Clark, Yves Klein, Gustav Metzger, Bruce Nauman, Hélio Oticica, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Robert Rauschenberg, Niki de Saint Phalle, Carolee Schneemann, Atsuko Tanaka, Jean Tinguely and Ben Vautier. 

407p - EN - 21.9x30.4cm - softcover - great condition