Parallel realities : the development of performance art in Australia / Neil Howe
- Bib ID:
- 7503979
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Howe, Neil, author
- Description:
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- Port Melbourne, Victoria : Thames & Hudson, 2017
- ©2017
- 352 pages : illustrations (some colour), photographs, portraits, facsimiles ; 31 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780500500934 (hardback)
- Summary:
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Parallel Realities paints a broad picture of the social and political events that led to the appearance of Australian performance art as a major art form from the mid-1960s to today. Artist Neil Howe traces its history through the antics of 50 significant performance artists including the Lindsays, the Angry Penguins, Barry Humphries, and more recently, Kevin Mortensen; events including Captain de Groot's slashing of the ribbon at the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Christo's Wrapped Coast.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-345) and index.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Development of performance art in Australia
- Copyright Information:
- ©2017 Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd.
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2017
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