| Performance Art Bookshelf
In the 1960s and 70s, obscure Happenings and early performances by such avant garde pioneers as Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Yvonne Rainer, Yoko Ono and Vito Acconci challenged object-oriented art production and changed the terms of contemporary art forever. In the ensuing decades, Performance Art has come so thoroughly into its own that it has its own biennial, which draws visitors and participants from around the world. Here is a selection of indispensable books for any Performance Art Library.
Featured image from the Museum of Modern Art's major 2010 retrospective catalog Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present.
"performance can be seen as the art form of our times"
Roselee Goldberg |
| | Recommended Reading: A Book List on Performance ArtPERFORMA PUBLICATIONS  Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 400 pgs / 300 color. | 7/31/2011 | In stock ISBN 9780615450667 | $39.95 HATJE CANTZ  Hbk, 7.75 x 9.5 in. / 432 pgs / 250 color. | 11/30/2011 | In stock ISBN 9783775730037 | $60.00 INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL  Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 256 pgs / 200 b&w. | 10/31/2011 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9780916365851 | $25.00 SILVANA EDITORIALE  Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 400 pgs / 200 color. | 10/31/2011 | In stock ISBN 9788836619924 | $45.00 JRP|RINGIER  Pbk, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 80 pgs / 15 color / 19 b&w. | 11/30/2011 | In stock ISBN 9783037641705 | $39.95 WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN  Hbk, 9.75 x 13 in. / 304 pgs / 278 color. | 4/30/2011 | In stock ISBN 9783865608741 | $59.95 WALKER ART CENTER  Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 288 pgs / 80 color / 170 b&w. | 6/30/2011 | In stock ISBN 9780935640977 | $35.00 CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON  Flexi, 8.5 x 11.5 in. / 120 pgs / 60 color / 20 b&w. | 5/31/2011 | In stock ISBN 9781933619316 | $24.95 JRP|RINGIER  Hbk, 5.75 x 9.25 in. / 352 pgs / 19 color / 69 b&w. | 1/31/2011 | In stock ISBN 9783037641255 | $45.00 JRP|RINGIER  Flexi, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 79 color. | 3/31/2010 | In stock ISBN 9783037640715 | $35.00 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK  Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 224 pgs / 375 color / Audio CD. | 4/30/2010 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9780870707476 | $50.00 WALTHER KöNIG  Pbk, 7 x 9.75 in. / 244 pgs / 82 color / 168 b&w. | 8/31/2009 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9783865606198 | $39.95 JRP|RINGIER  Pbk, 6.5 x 9 in. / 340 pgs / 150 color. | 1/31/2010 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9783037640340 | $45.00 POLIGRAFA  Hardcover, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 640 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 6/30/2009 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9788434310421 | $75.00 LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART  Flexi, 8 x 10 in. / 116 pgs / 83 color / 11 b&w. | 9/30/2009 | In stock ISBN 9788791607622 | $40.00 ART GALLERY OF YORK UNIVERSITY  Hardback, 6 x 9 in. / 232 pgs / 29 color / 99 b&w. | 7/1/2008 | In stock ISBN 9780921972457 | $25.00 THE BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART  Paperback, 8.5 x 10.5 in. / 140 pgs/ illustrated throughout. | 2/1/2008 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9780977145393 | $30.00 WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN  Paperback, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 233 pgs / 137 color / 10 b&w. | 3/1/2008 | Not available ISBN 9783865603180 | $65.00 WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN  Paperback, 8.25 x 10.5 in. / 176 pgs / 217 color. | 1/15/2008 | In stock ISBN 9783865602619 | $54.00 CHARTA  Paperback, 5.75 x 8.5 in. / 136 pgs / 46 color / 19 b&w. | 3/1/2008 | In stock ISBN 9788881586592 | $34.95 CHARTA/ GAGOSIAN GALLERY  Paperback 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 128 pgs / 48 color / 11 b&w. | 3/4/2009 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9788881586660 | $39.95 JRP|RINGIER  Paperback, 7.75 x 10.75 in. / 296 pgs / 195 color / 146 b&w. | 3/1/2008 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9783905770827 | $65.00 BLUE KINGFISHER  Hardcover, 8.5 x 10.75 in. / 320 pgs / 200 b&w. | 7/1/2007 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9789889926595 | $40.00 JRP|RINGIER  Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 218 pgs / 1000 color. | 9/1/2007 | In stock ISBN 9783905770322 | $75.00 D.A.P./VIOLETTE EDITIONS  Hardback, 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 296 pgs / 85 color / 373 b&w | 9/1/2007 | Not available ISBN 9781933045696 | $39.95 JRP|RINGIER/ BDV BUREAU DES VIDEOS  DVD video, PAL Multizone, 5.5 x 7.5 in. | 7/1/2007 | In stock ISBN 9783905770582 | $32.00 PERFORMA  Paperback, 7 x 9.5 in. / 272 pgs / 215 color / 50 b&w. | 6/1/2007 | In stock ISBN 9781424314980 | $39.95 KUNSTHAUS BREGENZ  Hardcover, 8.75 x 10 in. / 64 pgs / 50 color. | 8/15/2006 | In stock ISBN 9783865600813 | $35.00 GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.  Hardcover, 7 x 10.5 in. / 312 pgs / 150 color and 80 b&w. | 11/15/2006 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9780974364858 | $60.00 MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER  Paperback, 8.25 x 13 in. / 88 pgs / 4 color and 60 duotones. | 8/15/2006 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9780938437697 | $25.00 CHARTA/MUSAC  Clothbound, 11 x 11 in. / 252 pgs / 67 color / 47 duotone. | 1/1/2006 | In stock ISBN 9788881585519 | $75.00 JRP|RINGIER  Paperback, 6 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 16 b&w. | 8/15/2005 | In stock ISBN 9783905701005 | $22.00 LOCUS + PUBLISHING LTD.  Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 256 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 11/15/2005 | In stock ISBN 9781899377183 | $85.00 JRP|RINGIER  Paperback, 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 192 pgs /90 color. | 9/15/2005 | In stock ISBN 9783905701272 | $45.00 CHARTA  Paperback, 8.25 x 11 in. / 396 pgs / 1450 b&w. | 8/2/2004 | In stock ISBN 9788881584772 | $69.95 WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN  Paperback, 6.5 x 9.75 in. / 96 pgs / 192 color. | 1/2/2004 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9783883755373 | $30.00 DIA ART FOUNDATION  Hardcover, 9 x 12 in. / 206 pgs / 30 color / 28 b&w. | 10/2/2003 | In stock ISBN 9780944521465 | $45.00 POLIGRAFA  Hardcover, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 432 pgs / 146 color / 172 b&w. | 8/2/2001 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9788434308947 | $60.00 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART  Paperback, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 264 pgs / 60 color / 100 b&w. | 5/2/1999 | In stock ISBN 9780911291278 | $24.95 VIOLETTE EDITIONS  Hardcover, 8.5 x 11.75 in. / 416 pgs / 416 b&w. | 1/2/2000 | Awaiting stock ISBN 9781900828130 | $65.00 |
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