Linda Mary Montano: You Too Are a Performance Artist
Art in Everyday Life
Edited by Joanne Lefrak, Tim Scott. Text by Linda Mary Montano, Janet Dees. Interviews by Janet Dees, Moira Roth, Charles Duncan. Preface by Irene Hofmann.
You Too Are a Performance Artist is an artist's project and catalogue by the American performance artist Linda Mary Montano (born 1942). Published to accompany the SITE Sante Fe exhibition Linda Mary Montano: Always Creative, curated by Janet Dees in collaboration with the artist, this book features a "My Art/Life-Your Life/Art" workbook that documents 45 of her performances from 1964 to the present and gives suggestions on how readers can create their own performances based on the themes explored in Montano's work. At the heart of her practice is the belief that the strategies employed in the creation of and engagement with art, such as focused attention, openness and awareness, can enhance the quality of one's life, if turned toward everyday activities.
Featured image, "Chicken Dance: The Streets of San Francisco" (1972), is reproduced from Linda Mary Montano: You Too Are a Performance Artist
FORMAT: Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 132 pgs / 13 color / 119 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $30.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $40 GBP £27.00 ISBN: 9780985660208 PUBLISHER: SITE Santa Fe AVAILABLE: 10/31/2013 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD
Linda Mary Montano: You Too Are a Performance Artist Art in Everyday Life
Published by SITE Santa Fe. Edited by Joanne Lefrak, Tim Scott. Text by Linda Mary Montano, Janet Dees. Interviews by Janet Dees, Moira Roth, Charles Duncan. Preface by Irene Hofmann.
You Too Are a Performance Artist is an artist's project and catalogue by the American performance artist Linda Mary Montano (born 1942). Published to accompany the SITE Sante Fe exhibition Linda Mary Montano: Always Creative, curated by Janet Dees in collaboration with the artist, this book features a "My Art/Life-Your Life/Art" workbook that documents 45 of her performances from 1964 to the present and gives suggestions on how readers can create their own performances based on the themes explored in Montano's work. At the heart of her practice is the belief that the strategies employed in the creation of and engagement with art, such as focused attention, openness and awareness, can enhance the quality of one's life, if turned toward everyday activities.
