The Object of Performance: The American Avant-Garde Since 1970

by Henry M. Sayre

Book Overview

Sayre defines for the first time the apparently diffuse avant-garde art of the past two decades in terms of its distinctly postmodern concerns. The range of arts discussed here encompasses contemporary dance, photography, oral poetics, performance art, and earthworks.

"Sayre has written one of the most intelligent, sensible, and readable accounts of the tenents of Postmodern artmaking published to date."--Jeff Abell, New Art Examiner...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226735575
• ISBN13: 9780226735573
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"