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A bigger splash : painting after performance / edited by Catherine Wood ; with contributions by Eda Čufer ... [et al.]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: London : Tate Publishing, 2012.Description: 127 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1849760209
  • 9781849760201
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 708 W873a
Contents:
'Painting in the shape of a house' / Catherine Wood -- Don't! / Eda Čufer -- Painting (the Threshold of the visible world) / Dieter Roelstraete.
"This exhibition will take a new look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting since 1950. Contrasting key paintings by Jackson Pollock and David Hockney, the exhibition considers two different approaches to the idea of the canvas as an arena in which to act: one gestural, the other one theatrical. The paintings of the Vienna Actionists or the Shooting Pictures of Niki de St Phalle will be re-presented within the performance context that they were made, and juxtaposed with works by artists such as Cindy Sherman or Jack Smith that used the face and body as a surface, often using make-up in work dealing with gender role-play. The exhibition proposes a new way of looking at the work of a number of younger artists whose approach to painting is energised by these diverse historical sources, drawing upon action painting, drag and the idea of the stage set"--Tate website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Painting in the shape of a house' / Catherine Wood -- Don't! / Eda Čufer -- Painting (the Threshold of the visible world) / Dieter Roelstraete.

"This exhibition will take a new look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting since 1950. Contrasting key paintings by Jackson Pollock and David Hockney, the exhibition considers two different approaches to the idea of the canvas as an arena in which to act: one gestural, the other one theatrical. The paintings of the Vienna Actionists or the Shooting Pictures of Niki de St Phalle will be re-presented within the performance context that they were made, and juxtaposed with works by artists such as Cindy Sherman or Jack Smith that used the face and body as a surface, often using make-up in work dealing with gender role-play. The exhibition proposes a new way of looking at the work of a number of younger artists whose approach to painting is energised by these diverse historical sources, drawing upon action painting, drag and the idea of the stage set"--Tate website.

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