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Performance by Joseph Beuys, 1978 : Jeder Mensch ein Künstler — Auf dem Weg zur Freiheitsgestalt des sozialen Organismus (Every person an artist — On the way to the libertarian form of the social organism)
Performance by Joseph Beuys, 1978 : Jeder Mensch ein Künstler — Auf dem Weg zur Freiheitsgestalt des sozialen Organismus
(Every person an artist — On the way to the libertarian form of the social organism)
"wie der tod die bilder erklärt" by the Austrian art group kunst/gruppe olga, a remix of a performance of Joseph Beuys
"wie der tod die bilder erklärt" by the Austrian art group kunst/gruppe olga, a remix of a performance of Joseph Beuys

Performance art is art in which the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work. Joseph Beuys (ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs May 12, 1921 – January 23, Joseph Beuys (ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs May 12, 1921 – January 23, Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual It can happen anywhere, at any time, or for any length of time. Performance art can be any situation that involves four basic elements: time, space, the performer's body and a relationship between performer and audience. It is opposed to painting or sculpture, for example, where an object constitutes the work. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Of course the lines are often blurred. For instance, the work of Survival Research Laboratories is considered by most to be "performance art", yet the performers are actually machines. Survival Research Laboratories (SRL is a machine Performance art group doing large scale machine performance,.

Although performance art could be said to include relatively mainstream activities such as theater, dance, music, and circus-related things like fire breathing, juggling, and gymnastics, these are normally instead known as the performing arts. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. A circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, Clowns trained animals trapeze acts Hoopers, tightrope walkers Safety While not a difficult skill to learn initially it is the most dangerous of all the fire arts and not just due to the obvious risk of serious burns Juggling is a physical human skill involving the movement of objects usually through the air for entertainment (see Object manipulation) Gymnastics is a Sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength agility and coordination The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence Performance art is a term usually reserved to refer to a kind of usually avant-garde or conceptual art which grew out of the visual arts. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard Conceptual art is Art in which the Concept (s or Idea (s involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography

Performance art, as the term is usually understood, began to be identified in the 1960s with the work of artists such as Yves Klein, Vito Acconci, Hermann Nitsch, Chris Burden, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, Wolf Vostell and Allan Kaprow, who coined the term happenings. Yves Klein ( 28 April 1928 - 6 June 1962) was a French artist and is considered an important figure in post-war European Vito Hannibal Acconci (born January 24, 1940) is a Bronx, New York -born Brooklyn-based Architect, Landscape architect Hermann Nitsch (born 29 August 1938 is an Austrian Artist who works in experimental and multimedia modes Chris Burden (born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1946 is an American Artist. Carolee Schneemann (born October 12, 1939 in Fox Chase Pennsylvania) is an American visual artist known for her discourses on the body born in Tokyo on February 18 1933 is a Japanese Artist and Musician. Joseph Beuys (ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs May 12, 1921 – January 23, Allan Kaprow ( August 23, 1927 &ndash April 5, 2006) was an American painter assemblagist and a pioneer in establishing the concepts A happening is a performance event or situation meant to be considered as Art. In 1970 the British-based pair, Gilbert and George, created the first of their "living sculpture" performances when they painted themselves gold and sang "Underneath The Arches" for extended periods. Gilbert Prousch (often misspelled as Proesch) (born in San Martin (San Martino, Italy, September Alongside pioneering work in video art by Jud Yalkut and others, some performance artists began combining video with other media to create experimental works like those of Chicago's Sandra Binion, who elevated mundane activities like ironing clothes, scrubbing steps, dining and doing laundry into living art. Jud Yakult is a pioneer in Video art. In the 1970s he began experimenting with Video in New York and influenced a number of other artists Sandra Binion is a Chicago-based video artist and performer Binion has performed and displayed her art in numerous spaces including the Evanston Art Center Link’s Hall Kunstraum Binion has performed all over the world and is highly regarded as an artist in Europe.

Western cultural theorists often trace performance art activity back to the beginning of the 20th century. Dada for example, provided a significant progenitor with the unconventional performances of poetry, often at the Cabaret Voltaire, by the likes of Richard Huelsenbeck and Tristan Tzara. For other meanings see Dada (disambiguation DaDa is a Concept album by Alice Cooper, released Cabaret Voltaire was the name of a Nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland. Richard Huelsenbeck ( April 23, 1892 - April 30, 1974) was a Poet, Writer and Drummer born in Frankenau Tristan Tzara (born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S However, there are accounts of Renaissance artists putting on public performances that could be said to be early ancestors to modern performance art. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere Some performance artists point to other traditions, ranging from tribal ritual to sporting events. A ritual is a set of actions often thought to have Symbolic value the performance of which is usually prescribed by a Religion or by the Traditions Performance art activity is not confined to European art traditions; many notable practitioners can be found in the United States, Asia, and Latin America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

In performance art, usually one or more people perform in front of an audience. In contrast to the traditional performing arts, performance art is unconventional. Performance artists often challenge the audience to think in new and unconventional ways about theater and performing, break conventions of traditional performing arts, and break down conventional ideas about "what art is," similar to the postmodern art movement. Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist movement' While " Modern " itself refers to something "related to the present" the movement of modernism Thus, even though in most cases the performance is in front of an audience, in some cases, the audience becomes the performers. The performance may be scripted, unscripted, or improvisational. It may incorporate music, dance, song, or complete silence. The audience may buy tickets for the performance, the performance may be free, or the performer may pay the audience to watch the performance.

Roselee Goldberg states in Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present:

“Performance has been a way of appealing directly to a large public, as well as shocking audiences into reassessing their own notions of art and its relation to culture. RoseLee Goldberg is an art historian Author, Critic and Curator. Conversely, public interest in the medium, especially in the 1980s, stems from an apparent desire of that public to gain access to the art world, to be a spectator of its ritual and its distinct community, and to be surprised by the unexpected, always unorthodox presentations that the artists devise. The work may be presented solo or with a group, with lighting, music or visuals made by the performance artist him or herself, or in collaboration, and performed in places ranging from an art gallery or museum to an “alternative space”, a theatre, café, bar or street corner. Unlike theatre, the performer is the artist, seldom a character like an actor, and the content rarely follows a traditional plot or narrative. The performance might be a series of intimate gestures or large-scale visual theatre, lasting from a few minutes to many hours; it might be performed only once or repeated several times, with or without a prepared script, spontaneously improvised, or rehearsed over many months. ”[1]

Performance art genres include body art, fluxus, happening, action poetry, and intermedia. Body art is Art made on with or consisting of the Human body The most common forms of body art are Tattoos and Body piercings but other Fluxus —a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media A happening is a performance event or situation meant to be considered as Art. Action Poetry is the active use of Poetry, often spreading in a community Intermedia was a concept employed in the mid-sixties by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins to describe the ineffable often confusing inter-disciplinary activities that occur Some artists, e. g. the Viennese Actionists and neo-Dadaists, prefer to use the terms live art, "action art", intervention or "manoeuvre" to describe their activities. The term Viennese Actionism describes a short and violent movement in 20th century Art that can be regarded as part of the many independent efforts of the 1960s to develop " Neo-Dada is a label applied primarily to the Visual arts describing artwork that has similarities in method or intent to earlier Dada artwork Live Art is a term used to describe all acts of performance undertaken by an Artist as a work of art An art intervention is an interaction with a previously existing artwork audience or venue/space These activities are also sometimes referred to simply as "actions".

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References

  1. ^ Performance Art from Futurism to the Present by Roselee Goldberg accessed online August 31, 2007

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Dictionary

performance art

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  1. (art) A form of art in which the artist creates a live performance, often using a variety of media
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