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Performance Art Bookshelf

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.

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

9 EVENINGS RECONSIDERED

MIT List Visual Arts Center

ISBN: 9780938437697
USD $25.00
| CAD $30

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Out of print | Not available


ASCO: ELITE OF THE OBSCURE

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775730037
USD $60.00
| CAD $70

Pub Date: 11/30/2011
Out of print | Not available


AN ART OF LIMINA: GARY HILL'S WORKS AND WRITINGS

Ediciones Polígrafa

ISBN: 9788434310421
USD $75.00
| CAD $99

Pub Date: 6/30/2009
Out of print | Not available


ANN HAMILTON: AN INVENTORY OF OBJECTS

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9780974364858
USD $60.00
| CAD $79 UK £ 53

Pub Date: 11/15/2006
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


ARTISTS & AGENTS

Spector Books

ISBN: 9783959053334
USD $40.00
| CAD $56

Pub Date: 5/30/2023
Active | In stock


ASHLEY HANS SCHEIRL

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775746885
USD $60.00
| CAD $85

Pub Date: 8/25/2020
Active | Out of stock


BETWEEN ZONES

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037641255
USD $45.00
| CAD $60

Pub Date: 1/31/2011
Out of print | Not available


BODYBUILDING

Performa

ISBN: 9780578594835
USD $35.00
| CAD $49 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 9/15/2020
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


CAI GUO-QIANG AND POMPEII

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836640591
USD $65.00
| CAD $90

Pub Date: 3/17/2020
Active | In stock


CATHERINE SULLIVAN AND CO: FILM AND THEATRE WORKS 2002-2004

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905701272
USD $45.00
| CAD $60

Pub Date: 9/15/2005
Out of print | Not available


CECILIA VICUńA: ABOUT TO HAPPEN

Siglio

ISBN: 9781938221231
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 8/20/2019
Active | In stock


CHRIS BURDEN

Locus + Publishing Ltd.

ISBN: 9781899377183
USD $85.00
| CAD $100

Pub Date: 11/15/2005
No longer our product | Not available


DAVID HAMMONS: BODY PRINTS, 1968–1979

The Drawing Center

ISBN: 9780942324419
USD $28.00
| CAD $38 UK £ 22.5

Pub Date: 3/30/2021
Active | Out of stock


EN MAS'

Independent Curators International and Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans

ISBN: 9780916365899
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5 UK £ 44.99

Pub Date: 1/26/2016
Active | In stock


EIKO & KOMA: TIME IS NOT EVEN, SPACE IS NOT EMPTY

Walker Art Center

ISBN: 9780935640977
USD $35.00
| CAD $47.5 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 6/30/2011
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


ELEANOR ANTIN

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

ISBN: 9780911291278
USD $24.95
| CAD $27.5

Pub Date: 5/2/1999
Out of print | Not available


ENDLESS SHOUT

Inventory Press / Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Philadelphia

ISBN: 9781941753163
USD $35.00
| CAD $49.95 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 5/21/2019
Active | In stock


EVE SUSSMAN & THE RUFUS CORPORATION: THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

ISBN: 9788791607622
USD $40.00
| CAD $54 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 9/30/2009
Active | In stock


FIONA TAN: DISASSEMBLING THE ARCHIVE

Art Gallery of York University

ISBN: 9780921972457
USD $25.00
| CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 7/1/2008
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


FRANCESCO VEZZOLI: RIGHT YOU ARE (IF YOU THINK YOU ARE)

Charta/ Gagosian Gallery

ISBN: 9788881586660
USD $39.95
| CAD $50

Pub Date: 3/4/2009
No longer our product | Not available


GELITIN: CHINESE SYNTHESE LEBERKASE

Kunsthaus Bregenz

ISBN: 9783865600813
USD $35.00
| CAD $40

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Out of print | Not available


GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE: SACRED INTENT

Trapart Books

ISBN: 9789198451269
USD $30.00
| CAD $42 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 5/12/2020
Active | Out of stock


IN THE SHADOW A SHADOW: THE WORK OF JOAN JONAS

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9780980024289
USD $85.00
| CAD $112.5 UK £ 75

Pub Date: 11/24/2015
Active | In stock


JAMES LEE BYARS: 1/2 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, SOURCEBOOK

Walther König, Köln/MoMA PS1/Museo Jumex

ISBN: 9783863355111
USD $45.00
| CAD $60

Pub Date: 6/30/2014
Active | Out of stock


JAMES LEE BYARS: THE PERFECT KISS

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960984238
USD $39.95
| CAD $55

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
Active | In stock


JEAN-JACQUES LEBEL: BARRICADES

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783863356606
USD $45.00
| CAD $60

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
Active | In stock


JOAN JONAS

Charta

ISBN: 9788881586592
USD $34.95
| CAD $40

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
No longer our product | Not available


JOHN BOCK: FILMS

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865602619
USD $54.00
| CAD $65

Pub Date: 1/15/2008
Out of print | Not available


JOHN WOOD & PAUL HARRISON: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

ISBN: 9781933619316
USD $24.95
| CAD $33.95 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 5/31/2011
Active | Out of stock


JOSEPH BEUYS: WE GO THIS WAY

Violette Editions

ISBN: 9781900828130
USD $65.00
| CAD $87

Pub Date: 1/2/2000
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


LORRAINE O’GRADY: BOTH/AND

Dancing Foxes Press/Brooklyn Museum

ISBN: 9780872731868
USD $40.00
| CAD $56 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 4/13/2021
Active | Out of stock


MARCO ANELLI: PORTRAITS IN THE PRESENCE OF MARINA ABRAMOVIC

Damiani

ISBN: 9788862087247
USD $49.00
| CAD $66

Pub Date: 11/30/2021
Active | Out of stock


MARINA ABRAMOVIC: 512 HOURS

Koenig Books

ISBN: 9783863355821
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
Active | Out of stock


MARINA ABRAMOVIC: 7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS

Damiani

ISBN: 9788862087315
USD $65.00
| CAD $92

Pub Date: 10/13/2020
Active | In stock


MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870707476
USD $50.00
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 4/30/2010
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


MARTHA WILSON SOURCEBOOK

Independent Curators International (ICI)

ISBN: 9780916365851
USD $25.00
| CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


MATTHEW BARNEY: DRAWING RESTRAINT VOL. 5

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865603180
USD $65.00
| CAD $75

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Out of print | Not available


MEDIA BURN: ANT FARM AND THE MAKING OF AN IMAGE

Inventory Press/RITE Editions

ISBN: 9781941753354
USD $35.00
| CAD $49 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 11/24/2020
Active | In stock


MIKE KELLEY: INTERVIEWS, CONVERSATIONS, AND CHIT-CHAT (1986-2004)

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905701005
USD $22.00
| CAD $30.5 UK £ 15

Pub Date: 8/15/2005
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


MIKE'S WORLD: MICHAEL SMITH & JOSHUA WHITE (AND OTHER COLLABORATORS)

The Blanton Museum of Art

ISBN: 9780977145393
USD $30.00
| CAD $35

Pub Date: 2/1/2008
Out of print | Not available


NAM JUNE PAIK: EXPOSITION OF MUSIC, ELECTRONIC TELEVISION, REVISITED

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865606198
USD $39.95
| CAD $53.95

Pub Date: 8/31/2009
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


NOT TO PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037640715
USD $35.00
| CAD $47.5

Pub Date: 3/31/2010
Out of print | Not available


PAUL MCCARTHY: VIDEOS 1970-1997

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783883755373
USD $30.00
| CAD $35

Pub Date: 1/2/2004
Out of print | Not available


PERFORMA 07: EVERYWHERE AND ALL AT ONCE

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037640340
USD $45.00
| CAD $55

Pub Date: 1/31/2010
Out of print | Not available


PERFORMA 09: BACK TO FUTURISM

Performa Publications

ISBN: 9780615450667
USD $39.95
| CAD $50

Pub Date: 7/31/2011
Out of print | Not available


PERFORMA 13: SURREALISM / THE VOICE / CITIZENSHIP

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9781941366066
USD $39.95
| CAD $53.95 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 11/24/2015
Active | In stock


PERFORMA 15

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9781941366196
USD $29.95
| CAD $45 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 5/5/2020
Active | In stock


PERFORMA: NEW VISUAL ART PERFORMANCE

Performa Publications

ISBN: 9781424314980
USD $39.95
| CAD $53.95 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 6/1/2007
Active | Out of stock


PERFORMANCE ART IN CHINA

Blue Kingfisher

ISBN: 9789889926595
USD $40.00
| CAD $50

Pub Date: 7/1/2007
No longer our product | Not available


POPE.L: CAMPAIGN

Mousse Publishing

ISBN: 9788867493890
USD $30.00
| CAD $45

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
Active | In stock


RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: TO MUSIC

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037644232
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 7/28/2015
Out of print | Not available


REGINA JOSé GALINDO

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836619924
USD $45.00
| CAD $55

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
Out of print | Not available


RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905770322
USD $75.00
| CAD $99

Pub Date: 9/1/2007
Out of print | Not available


ROBERT WHITMAN

Dia Art Foundation

ISBN: 9780944521465
USD $45.00
| CAD $60 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 10/2/2003
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


ROBIN RHODE: MEMORY IS THE WEAPON

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775746052
USD $62.00
| CAD $88

Pub Date: 11/26/2019
Active | In stock


RONGRONG'S DIARY: BEIJING EAST VILLAGE

Steidl/The Walther Collection, New York/Three Shadows Photography Art Centre

ISBN: 9783958295926
USD $60.00
| CAD $85

Pub Date: 8/20/2019
Active | In stock


SHIGEKO KUBOTA: LIQUID REALITY

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633451285
USD $35.00
| CAD $54.5

Pub Date: 9/21/2021
Active | In stock


SHIRIN NESHAT: THE LAST WORD

Charta/MUSAC

ISBN: 9788881585519
USD $75.00
| CAD $90

Pub Date: 1/1/2006
No longer our product | Not available


SIMONE FORTI: THE BEAR IN THE MIRROR

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960983958
USD $39.95
| CAD $55

Pub Date: 3/19/2019
Active | In stock


SOPHIE CALLE: DOUBLE GAME

D.A.P./Violette Editions

ISBN: 9781933045696
USD $39.95
| CAD $50

Pub Date: 9/1/2007
Out of print | Not available


SPARTACUS CHETWYND

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905770827
USD $65.00
| CAD $75

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Out of print | Not available


TANIA BRUGUERA IN CONVERSATION WITH CLAIRE BISHOP

Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

ISBN: 9780984017393
USD $30.00
| CAD $42 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 10/27/2020
Active | In stock


THE BEST MOST USELESS DRESS: SELECTED WRITINGS OF CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

Badlands Unlimited

ISBN: 9781936440665
USD $16.95
| CAD $24

Pub Date: 10/31/2014
Out of print | Not available


THE PARADOX OF STILLNESS: ART, OBJECT, AND PERFORMANCE

Walker Art Center

ISBN: 9781935963233
USD $60.00
| CAD $85 UK £ 53

Pub Date: 5/19/2020
Active | In stock


THE SECRET FILES OF GILBERT & GEORGE

JRP|Ringier/BDV Bureau des videos

ISBN: 9783905770582
USD $32.00
| CAD $42.5 UK £ 14.17

Pub Date: 7/1/2007
Active | In stock


TRIS VONNA-MICHELL

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037641705
USD $39.95
| CAD $53.95 UK £ 23

Pub Date: 11/30/2011
Active | In stock


TSENG KWONG CHI: PERFORMING FOR THE CAMERA

Chrysler Museum of Art/Grey Art Gallery/Lyon Artbooks

ISBN: 9780692338674
USD $55.00
| CAD $72.5 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 4/28/2015
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


VALIE EXPORT: TIME AND COUNTERTIME

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865608741
USD $59.95
| CAD $79

Pub Date: 4/30/2011
Active | In stock


VITO ACCONCI: DIARY OF A BODY 1969 -1973

Charta

ISBN: 9788881584772
USD $69.95
| CAD $85

Pub Date: 8/2/2004
Out of print | Not available


VITO ACCONCI: WRITINGS, WORKS, PROJECTS

Ediciones Polígrafa

ISBN: 9788434308947
USD $60.00
| CAD $79

Pub Date: 8/2/2001
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


WHAT IS ART?

Moderne Kunst Nürnberg

ISBN: 9783869845098
USD $40.00
| CAD $54

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
Active | In stock


YOKO ONO: ONE WOMAN SHOW, 1960–1971

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870709661
USD $60.00
| CAD $79

Pub Date: 5/26/2015
Active | In stock


MEMBER: POPE.L, 1978–2001

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450868
USD $40.00
| CAD $55

Pub Date: 11/19/2019
Active | In stock


Recommended Reading: A Book List on Performance Art

Performance Art Bookshelf Active Backlist Titles

Artists & Agents
Artists & Agents
SPECTOR BOOKS

Pbk, 9.5 x 13.25 in. / 685 pgs / 30 color / 227 bw. | 5/30/2023 | In stock  |   US $40.00


Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii
Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii
SILVANA EDITORIALE

Clth, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 176 pgs / 120 color. | 3/17/2020 | In stock  |   US $65.00


Cecilia Vicuńa: About to Happen
Cecilia Vicuńa: About to Happen
SIGLIO

Pbk, 8 x 8 in. / 160 pgs / 100 color / 8 bw. | 8/20/2019 | In stock  |   US $29.95


EN MAS'
EN MAS'
INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, NEW ORLEANS

Hbk, 8 x 10 in. / 230 pgs / 100 color. | 1/26/2016 | In stock  |   US $49.95


Endless Shout
Endless Shout
INVENTORY PRESS / INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Pbk, 7.25 x 9.25 in. / 226 pgs / 100 color. | 5/21/2019 | In stock  |   US $35.00


Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation: The Rape of the Sabine Women
Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation: The Rape of the Sabine Women
LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Flexi, 8 x 10 in. / 116 pgs / 83 color / 11 bw. | 9/30/2009 | In stock  |   US $40.00


In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas
In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas
GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.

Clth, 9.5 x 12.75 in. / 536 pgs / 840 color. | 11/24/2015 | In stock  |   US $85.00


James Lee Byars: The Perfect Kiss
James Lee Byars: The Perfect Kiss
WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

Pbk, 8 x 11.5 in. / 144 pgs / 62 color / 118 bw. | 2/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $39.95


Jean-Jacques Lebel: Barricades
Jean-Jacques Lebel: Barricades
WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 248 pgs / 160 color / 100 bw. | 6/23/2015 | In stock  |   US $45.00


Marina Abramovic: 7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Marina Abramovic: 7 Deaths of Maria Callas
DAMIANI

Clth, 8 x 10.25 in. / 176 pgs / 85 color. | 10/13/2020 | In stock  |   US $65.00


Media Burn: Ant Farm and the Making of an Image
Media Burn: Ant Farm and the Making of an Image
INVENTORY PRESS/RITE EDITIONS

Pbk, 9 x 12 in. / 128 pgs / 150 color. | 11/24/2020 | In stock  |   US $35.00


Performa 13: Surrealism / The Voice / Citizenship
Performa 13: Surrealism / The Voice / Citizenship
GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.

Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 384 pgs / 300 color. | 11/24/2015 | In stock  |   US $39.95


Performa 15
Performa 15
GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.

Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 256 pgs / 160 color. | 5/5/2020 | In stock  |   US $29.95


Pope.L: Campaign
Pope.L: Campaign
MOUSSE PUBLISHING

Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 168 pgs / 130 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00


Robin Rhode: Memory Is the Weapon
Robin Rhode: Memory Is the Weapon
HATJE CANTZ

Hbk, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 224 pgs / 250 color. | 11/26/2019 | In stock  |   US $62.00


RongRong's Diary: Beijing East Village
RongRong's Diary: Beijing East Village
STEIDL/THE WALTHER COLLECTION, NEW YORK/THREE SHADOWS PHOTOGRAPHY ART CENTRE

Clth, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 248 pgs / 124 bw. | 8/20/2019 | In stock  |   US $60.00


Shigeko Kubota: Liquid Reality
Shigeko Kubota: Liquid Reality
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 112 pgs / 100 color. | 9/21/2021 | In stock  |   US $35.00


Simone Forti: The Bear in the Mirror
Simone Forti: The Bear in the Mirror
WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 94 pgs / 2 color / 17 bw. | 3/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $39.95


Tania Bruguera in Conversation with Claire Bishop
Tania Bruguera in Conversation with Claire Bishop
FUNDACIóN CISNEROS/COLECCIóN PATRICIA PHELPS DE CISNEROS

Hbk, 6 x 9 in. / 296 pgs / 50 color. | 10/27/2020 | In stock  |   US $30.00


The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance
The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance
WALKER ART CENTER

Clth, 8 x 11 in. / 288 pgs / 600 color / 100 bw. | 5/19/2020 | In stock  |   US $60.00


The Secret Files of Gilbert & George
The Secret Files of Gilbert & George
JRP|RINGIER/BDV BUREAU DES VIDEOS

DVD video, PAL Multizone, 5.5 x 7.5 in. | 7/1/2007 | In stock  |   US $32.00


Tris Vonna-Michell
Tris Vonna-Michell
JRP|RINGIER

Pbk, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 80 pgs / 15 color / 19 bw. | 11/30/2011 | In stock  |   US $39.95


Valie Export: Time and Countertime
Valie Export: Time and Countertime
WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

Hbk, 9.75 x 13 in. / 304 pgs / 278 color. | 4/30/2011 | In stock  |   US $59.95


What Is Art?
What Is Art?
MODERNE KUNST NüRNBERG

Pbk, 6.75 x 9.25 in. / 254 pgs / 140 color. | 6/23/2015 | In stock  |   US $40.00


Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971
Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

Clth, 9.5 x 12 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 5/26/2015 | In stock  |   US $60.00


member: Pope.L, 1978–2001
member: Pope.L, 1978–2001
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

Hbk, 8 x 10 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color. | 11/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $40.00


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