Performing the East: Performance Art in Russia, Latvia and Poland since 1980

by Amy Bryzgel

Performance art in Western Europe and North America developed in part as a response to the commercialisation of the art object, as artists endeavoured to create works of art that could not be bought or sold. But what are the roots of performance art in Eastern Europe and Russia, where there was no real art market to speak of? While many artworks created in the 'East' may resemble Western performance art practices, their origins, as well as their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848859481
• ISBN13: 9781848859487
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"