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"Throughout these essays there is a lyric impulse, a rising of the heart, a moral passion that represents the spirit of the 60s at its best. At the same time Kaprow's thinking is exceedingly rigorous. . . . He has the optimism of the period without its willed naïveté." — Art in America
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Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life: Expanded Edition Kindle Edition
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- Publisher University of California Press
- Publication date November 15, 2023
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"Throughout these essays there is a lyric impulse, a rising of the heart, a moral passion that represents the spirit of the 60s at its best. At the same time Kaprow's thinking is exceedingly rigorous. . . . He has the optimism of the period without its willed naïveté." — Art in America
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The history of art and esthetics is all on bookshelves. To its pluralism of values, add the current blurring of boundaries dividing the arts, and dividing art from life, and it is clear that the old questions of definition and standards of excellence are not only futile but naive.
Allan Kaprow's "happenings" and "environments" were the precursors to contemporary performance art, and his essays are some of the most thoughtful, provocative, and...
Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life: Expanded Edition. "Known as the father of Happenings and Performance Art, Allan Kaprow is also a sagacious teacher, a historian, a...
Allan Kaprow's "happenings" and "environments" were the precursors to contemporary performance art, and his essays are some of the most thoughtful, provocative, and influential of his generation.
Essays on the blurring of art and life Bookreader Item Preview ... Essays on the blurring of art and life by Kaprow, Allan. Publication date 1993 Topics Arts, American -- 20th century Publisher Berkeley : University of California …
Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life. Allan Kaprow. University of California Press, 1993 - Art - 258 pages. As the creator of "Happenings" and "Environments," Allan Kaprow is...
Allan Kaprow's "happenings" and "environments" were the precursors to contemporary performance art, and his essays are some of the most thoughtful, provocative, and influential of his generation. His sustained inquiry into the paradoxical relationship of art to life and into the nature of meaning itself is brought into focus in this ...
Illustrated with photos and reproductions of artworks, these essays give Kaprow's take on artists such as Mondrian and Jackson Pollock and on wider topics like the transition of the artist from Beatnik to businessman.
Allan Kaprow's "happenings" and "environments" were the precursors to contemporary performance art, and his essays are some of the most thoughtful, provocative, and influential of his generation.
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