A forum that brought together
established dance artists for collaborative research into contemporary dance - making practices.
A forum featuring Steve Paxton that brought together
established dance artists for collaborative research into contemporary dance - making practices.
Not exact matches
Thus in 1963 Jasper Johns and John Cage
established the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts based on the belief that visual
artists — painters and sculptors — were sufficiently concerned about the state of the performance arts —
dance, theatre and music — enough so to donate artwork to benefit performing
artists.
Unlike many other Pictures - affiliated
artists who use photography, James Welling
established a deep and remarkably sincere commitment to his primary medium even as he undertook an extensive investigation of its long - standing intermediary role in other artistic practices: Abstract and representational painting and sculpture along with film, architecture, and, more recently,
dance have all crucially informed the
artist's oeuvre.
They
established their reputation with The Singing Sculpture, during which the two
artists stood together on a table,
dancing and singing, painted with a patina to mimic live sculptures.