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'Thought-provoking.' - Art Monthly 'It's a journey that is crucially informative and as stimulating for the reader as it is celebratory.' - Contemporary 'A fabulous book - you should go out and buy it immediately. - Warr and Jones have succeeded in imposing some kind of sensible order on the unruly conjunction of art and the body. - Richly illustrated with great graphics and a comprehensive collection of essays by key writers on the subject, The Artist's Body is a snip at the price and a must have for anyone interested in contemporary art.'- Exhibit: A
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Beginning with such key artists as Marcel Duchamp and Jackson Pollock, this book examines a selection of the most significant players who have used their bodies to create their art - among them, in the 1960s Carolee Scheemann, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Yoko Ono; in the 1970s, Chris Burden, Ana Mendieta, Vito Acconci, Marina Abramovic; up to the turn of the millennium, Matthew Barney, Marc Quinn, Tracey Emin and Mona Hatoum. 'The Artists Body' is divided into survey (by Amelia Jones), works (each work is accompanied by an extended captions), and thematic chapters (such as Painting Bodies, Gesturing Bodies) from critics and writers who helped shape the movement.
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ECCE HOMO
4 Sep 2007
Format:Paperback
THE ARTIST'S BODY is one of the finer compilations of an art form that drew attention from the press, museum curators, the public, the critics and fellow artists, probably more intensely focused than any other 'art movement' of the 20th Century. In this well documented and copiously illustrated volume the multiple authors contribute historical data, psychological responses and etiologies,and the works are all edited with skill and sensitivity by Tracey Warr and Amelia Jones. First published in 2000 in an expensive hardbound edition, the current release is now in affordable paperback form and belongs in the libraries of all who are interested in the trends and spectrum of contemporary art.
The title of the book explains the content well. This is a collection of the works of artists who have turned their art inward and use their own bodies as the matrix for expression. Here are the 'crucifixion' of Chris Burden on a Volkswagen, the cutting and piercing of skin by artists who use their own body fluids as paint, performance art in which the artist publicly reveals body functions with attributes assigned to various organs that were never imagined before, the famous 'Piss Christ' of Andres Serrano, the transgender photographs of Lyle Ashton Harris and the explicit sexuality of Robert Mapplethorpe - in each of these the artist speaks to the audience about life expressions as acted out by or realized by the artist using the format of his/her body. And in many ways these at times disturbing images created are simply another form of self-portraiture.
Amelia Jones' writing is cogent and non-judgmental and her survey begins with none other than Marcel Duchamp and examines most all of the artists who have participated in this movement up to the year 2000. Tracey Warr has gathered not only copious photographs and excerpts from videotapes to illustrate Jones' survey, but she has also added statements by the artists, responses from the critics, examinations by historians, and even details of public response to this medium.
While many may view this book as shock material, closer examination and actual reading of the superb writing (with significant contributions by such luminaries as Lucy Lippard, Thomas McEvilley, George Bataille and Gilles Deleuze) will acquaint the novice of the true significance of this art form. Whether the human body is used as a surface, as a 'paint brush', as ritualistic mutilation reaching for meaning in a world that seems dulled to invention, in performance, or in using the body as an imprinter of image on various substrates, the need for this type of expression is as valid as any other form of the artists' invention. This is a challenging book, in some ways a disturbing book, but it is the finest volume to address this art movement as has been written. THE ARTIST'S BODY is a very important book and one that belongs in the library of all art lovers. Grady Harp, September 07
The title of the book explains the content well. This is a collection of the works of artists who have turned their art inward and use their own bodies as the matrix for expression. Here are the 'crucifixion' of Chris Burden on a Volkswagen, the cutting and piercing of skin by artists who use their own body fluids as paint, performance art in which the artist publicly reveals body functions with attributes assigned to various organs that were never imagined before, the famous 'Piss Christ' of Andres Serrano, the transgender photographs of Lyle Ashton Harris and the explicit sexuality of Robert Mapplethorpe - in each of these the artist speaks to the audience about life expressions as acted out by or realized by the artist using the format of his/her body. And in many ways these at times disturbing images created are simply another form of self-portraiture.
Amelia Jones' writing is cogent and non-judgmental and her survey begins with none other than Marcel Duchamp and examines most all of the artists who have participated in this movement up to the year 2000. Tracey Warr has gathered not only copious photographs and excerpts from videotapes to illustrate Jones' survey, but she has also added statements by the artists, responses from the critics, examinations by historians, and even details of public response to this medium.
While many may view this book as shock material, closer examination and actual reading of the superb writing (with significant contributions by such luminaries as Lucy Lippard, Thomas McEvilley, George Bataille and Gilles Deleuze) will acquaint the novice of the true significance of this art form. Whether the human body is used as a surface, as a 'paint brush', as ritualistic mutilation reaching for meaning in a world that seems dulled to invention, in performance, or in using the body as an imprinter of image on various substrates, the need for this type of expression is as valid as any other form of the artists' invention. This is a challenging book, in some ways a disturbing book, but it is the finest volume to address this art movement as has been written. THE ARTIST'S BODY is a very important book and one that belongs in the library of all art lovers. Grady Harp, September 07
Excellent resource
12 Mar 2012
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this book is a must-have for anyone studying performance art. I was caught off guard by one thing, though: the paperback edition here omits the original artist's texts that the initial release included in the back. However, this is also CONSIDERABLY cheaper. For a poor college student like me, this is fantastic.
The Artist's Body
24 Aug 2008
Format:Paperback
If you are interested in artists who use the human body in a contemporary way then it is very worth while. The text gives one an insight into the conceptual process of the artist or the movement. Most of the interviews and text is at the back of the book, which allows the images to flow from one section to the next. However, this is not a pretty coffee table book with 19th century Ingres images; though the images, some of them are very graphic, are good quality. The Artist's Body (Themes & Movements)
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