Additional essayists include Franklin Sirmans, Department Head and Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, who explores the early performances of Lorraine O'Grady; Tavia Nyong» o, Associate Professor of Performance Studies at New York University, who
discusses black performance art from the perspective of sex and gender; and Naomi Beckwith, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, who examines the relationship between live performance and its documentation.
Not exact matches
Where hegemony has tended to define
black performance art as an extension of theater, this publication provides a critical framework for
discussing the history of
black performance within the visual
arts over the last 50 years.
Radical Presence provides a critical framework to
discuss the history of
black performance traditions within the visual
arts beginning with the «happenings» of the early 1960s, throughout the 1980s, and into the contemporary practices of a new generation of artists.
The exhibition successfully incorporated well - attended affiliated events: HUB: A new series for artists and
art - lovers to gather and discuss ideas, trends, and opportunities; Artist Talk & Performance by visiting artist Zachary Fabri (listed last week in Huffington Post's Black Artists: 30 Contemporary Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know); Screenings of Paul Pfeiffer's Morning After the Deluge; Constellation Walk with visiting artist Suko Presseau at 3 Porch Farm; and Panel Discussion: The Apocalypse Didn't Happen — Now Wh
art - lovers to gather and
discuss ideas, trends, and opportunities; Artist Talk &
Performance by visiting artist Zachary Fabri (listed last week in Huffington Post's
Black Artists: 30 Contemporary
Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know); Screenings of Paul Pfeiffer's Morning After the Deluge; Constellation Walk with visiting artist Suko Presseau at 3 Porch Farm; and Panel Discussion: The Apocalypse Didn't Happen — Now Wh
Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know); Screenings of Paul Pfeiffer's Morning After the Deluge; Constellation Walk with visiting artist Suko Presseau at 3 Porch Farm; and Panel Discussion: The Apocalypse Didn't Happen — Now What?
Radical Presence provides a critical framework to
discuss the history of
black performance traditions within the visual
arts beginning with the «happenings» of the early 1960s, throughout the 1980s, and into the present practices of contemporary artists.
Byars is known for his
performance art «actions» in which he stood motionless as a living sculpture or
discussed the work with visitors while wearing
black, red or gold suits.
At the São Paulo gallery's European outpost, this weekend sees the first solo exhibition in Brussels by Luiz Roque, «The Modern Years», a series of three films emerging from the artist's interest in sculpture and bodily expression: Modern (2014) draws on research into Henry Moore's Recumbent Figure (1938) and
performance artist Leigh Bowery (a fixture of London's»80s club culture) while in Rio De Janeiro (2017), a
black transsexual woman holds a phone conversation with the founder of the city's Museum of Modern
Art, in which she
discusses a dream of the building burning.