Author : Walker Art Center
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 12,89 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN :
Artwork by Merce Cunningham. Contributions by Thelma Golden, Meredith Jones, Laura Kuhn.
Author : Linda Montano
Publisher : Site Santa Fe
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,10 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Performance art
ISBN : 9780985660208
You Too Are a Performance Artist is an artist's project and catalogue by the American performance artist Linda Mary Montano (born 1942). Published to accompany the SITE Sante Fe exhibition Linda Mary Montano: Always Creative, curated by Janet Dees in collaboration with the artist, this book features a "My Art/Life-Your Life/Art" workbook that documents 45 of her performances from 1964 to the present and gives suggestions on how readers can create their own performances based on the themes explored in Montano's work. At the heart of her practice is the belief that the strategies employed in the creation of and engagement with art, such as focused attention, openness and awareness, can enhance the quality of one's life, if turned toward everyday activities.
Author : Art Pepper
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 27,33 MB
Release : 2024-09-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 0306837676
Art Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life, is much more than a jazz book--it is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies. This edition is updated with an extensive afterword by Laurie Pepper covering Art Pepper's last years, and a complete and up-to-date discography by Todd Selbert.
Author : Martin Patrick
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Art and society
ISBN : 9781783208548
Martin Patrick explores the ways in which contemporary artists across media continue to reinvent art that straddles both public and private spheres. Examining the impact of various art movements on notions of performance, authorship, and identity, Across the Art/Life Divide argues that the most defining feature of contemporary art is the ongoing interest of artists in the problematic relationship between art and life. Looking at underexamined forms, such as stand-up comedy and sketch shows, alongside more traditional artistic media, he situates the work of a wide range of contemporary artists to ask: To what extent are artists presenting themselves? And does the portrayal of the "self" in art necessarily constitute authenticity? By dissecting the meta-conditions and contexts surrounding the production of art, Across the Art/Life Divide examines how ordinary, everyday life is transformed into art.
Author : Ivan Fernandez
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1504308867
Is art just a nice-to-have? Or is it deeper, far more integral...even necessary? Is there something from Beethoven to help us with that career setback? Is there something from Shakespeare to help us with our relationships? Is there something from Rembrandt to show us who we really are? It is these, amongt other questions that this book probes; through painting, music, literature, architecture, sculpture, photography and filmsspanning cultures - from Europe and Africa to India and Australia, and artistic periods - from the ancient to the modern. Leveraging his considerable experience as a research professional, Ivan Fernandez combines riveting insights from diverse artists of the past and the present, a dazzling variety of astonishing facts and powerful questions for us to reflect on. In language that is simple, elegant and imbued with passion, Ivan utters an urgent, sincere plea; urging us to draw actionable life lessons from art that can help us rise above ourselves. To make a masterpiece of our own lives. And as a guide on this epic voyage, he takes us on a fascinating journey inward; ploughing not merely the depths of artistic insight, but of the inscrutable human spirit itself! Fernandez talks about bliss - a term Ive often used. It was through writing about my practice, together with making my work, that I found my bliss. I wish Id had Fernandezs book back in those times when overwhelming doubt inhibited my practice. He brings enlightenment to thinking about art and why artists do what they do. This can help give an artist conviction, and therefore confidence, and a lay person a heightened appreciation of art. This most enjoyable read will bring great insight to artists and lay people alike. A truly inspiring read! - Archibald Prize-winning artist and art teacher, Cherry Hood Ivan Fernandezs cross-disciplinary approach - infusing insights from philosophy, literature, music and art - make this book a great read! - Sculptor, Vince Vozzo; member of the decade club (exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea ten times or more)
Author : Michaeline Crichlow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1135751366
Drawing on rich insights from cultural, post-structural and postcolonial studies, this book demands that we rethink Carnival and the carnivalesque as not just celebratory moments or even as critical subtext, but also as insightful performatives of social life anywhere, given the entangled times and spaces of these performances. The authors review Carnival’s performative aspects not merely as a calendrical festival, but rather center attention on the relationship between carnival and everyday life, and on how people negotiate their social spaces and possibilities in the context of modern power. The book therefore seeks to highlight the knotted time-spaces of power and to demonstrate the dynamic interplay between state spaces and people’s spaces that are being weaved by carnival's interlocutors. It demonstrates how Carnival and the Carnivalesque become analytic optics through which the relations of power in the social and political life of subjects who seek to tacitically or strategically vary their given identities, can be productively engaged. This book was originally published as a special issue of Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture.
Author : Allan Kaprow
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,35 MB
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520930843
Allan Kaprow's "happenings" and "environments" were the precursors to contemporary performance art, and his essays are some of the most thoughtful, provocative, and influential of his generation. His sustained inquiry into the paradoxical relationship of art to life and into the nature of meaning itself is brought into focus in this newly expanded collection of his most significant writings. A new preface and two new additional essays published in the 1990s bring this valuable collection up to date.
Author : Stephen Nachmanovitch, PhD
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1608686159
A MASTERFUL BOOK ABOUT BREATHING LIFE INTO ART AND ART INTO LIFE "Stephen Nachmanovitch's The Art of Is is a philosophical meditation on living, living fully, living in the present. To the author, an improvisation is a co-creation that arises out of listening and mutual attentiveness, out of a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity. It is a product of the nervous system, bigger than the brain and bigger than the body; it is a once-in-a-lifetime encounter, unprecedented and unrepeatable. Drawing from the wisdom of the ages, The Art of Is not only gives the reader an inside view of the states of mind that give rise to improvisation, it is also a celebration of the power of the human spirit, which — when exercised with love, immense patience, and discipline — is an antidote to hate." — Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
Author : John Lehner
Publisher :
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 48,7 MB
Release : 2019-06-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781072027782
Balancing out the whole person Mentally, Physically, Emotionally and SpirituallyYES, THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!!!Okay, stop what you're doing and take a look at yourself, carefully...in the mirror. What do you see? If you are like most of us, you are seeing a before picture. So, get a camera and have someone take a picture of you and label it BEFORE, then put it someplace where you will constantly see it. This will be the impetus to impact you to consider making a change. At the end of just 16 weeks you will do your AFTER shot and you won't believe your eyes or body for that matter. You will literally be shocked into joy!First, however, let's have a little private conversation, okay? You want to look, feel and basically be the best you can be. No matter what your past history has been, how old you are, what you feel like or look like now, you want to improve, right? That's why we're here. You will! So, let's get started. Just remember one thing: WE want you to be the best that you can be, too. That's why this program is personalized to you. Don't try to look or be like anybody else. If someone else can be an inspiration, COOL! But, that's all. You are great and unique in and of yourself.You just want to improve on you! It's not really that hard, once you get down to it. Take a look at people we admire. The ones that are successful at what they do. Every one of them has a clear goal. Every one of them knows what they want, where they're going and how to get there. What is YOUR goal? What do YOU want? Where are YOU going? How are YOU getting there?Your new & personalized Art of Human BEING program lays it all out for you. You will have the weekly support and encouragement you need. The only thing that might help even more is to find a buddy to bring into the program so you can support each other all the
Author : Henry Glassie
Publisher :
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 15,15 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN :
A masterful introduction to the artists and artisans of Bangladesh and a meditation on the nature of art and life. Henry Glassie introduces us to dozens of artists working in different mediums--potters, metal workers, painters, weavers, poets--and shares the excitement of meeting new people and discovering new art forms. 12 color photos. 445 bandw photos.
