| Description |
xxix, 268 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Preface to the expanded edition: On the way to un-art -- THE FIFTIES-- The legacy of Jackson Pollock (1958) -- Notes on the creation of a Total Art (1958) -- THE SIXTIES -- Happenings in the New York scene (1961) -- Impurity (1963) -- The artist as a man of the world (1964) -- The happenings are dead: Long live the happenings! (1966) -- Experimental art (1966) -- Manifesto (1966) -- Pinpointing Happenings (1967) -- The shape of the art environment (1968) -- THE SEVENTIES -- The education of the un-artist, part I (1971) --The education of the un-artist, Part II (1972) -- Doctor MD (1973) -- The education of the un-artist, Part III (1974) -- Video art: Old Wine, New Bottle (1974) -- Formalism: Flogging a Dead Horse (1974) -- Nontheatrical performance (1976) -- Participation performance (1977) -- Performing life (1979) -- THE EIGHTIES -- The real experiment (1983) -- Art which can't be art (1986) -- Right living (1987) -- THE NINETIES -- The meaning of life (1990) -- Maestro Maciunas (1996) -- Just doing (1997) |
| Summary |
"Known as the father of Happenings and Performance Art, Allan Kaprow is also a sagacious teacher, a historian, a storyteller, and, as demonstrated in this volume, one of the most perceptive and articulate cultural critics of this era. Art for Kaprow is not mere formal structure but a particpatory and interactive experience of life - Peter Selz" - back cover |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography, pages 253-256 |
| Subject |
Arts, American -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Kelley, Jeff, editor
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| LC no. |
2003060950 |
| ISBN |
0520240790 (alkaline paper) |
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