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Beschreibung
The Live Museum uncovers the surprising history of live performances in US museums during the 1970s, exploring how and why both art and museums came alive in this era. It reframes this period as a pivotal moment when museums and artists co-created new possibilities for art in motion.
The Live Museum uncovers the surprising history of live performances in US museums during the 1970s, exploring how and why both art and museums came alive in this era. It reframes this period as a pivotal moment when museums and artists co-created new possibilities for art in motion.
Über den Autor

Lisa Beißwanger is an art historian specializing in 20th- and 21st-century art and architecture. Her research interests include performance art; discourses of the body, space, and movement; choreographies of architecture; museum and exhibition studies; and educational architecture. She is currently Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Koblenz, Germany. Before her academic career, she worked as a curator of contemporary art.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 Biting the Hand? Taming the Unruly? The Contested Relationship between Living Art and Museums

2 Dance in the White Cube: The Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the Walker Art Center, 1972

3 On the Compatibility of Body Art and Museums: Bodyworks at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 1975

4 On the Eventization of the Museum: Avant-Garde Performance Meets Bodybuilding at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1976

5 Economies of Performance: The Foundation of Art Performances and Projects Inc. and the Distribution of Performance

6 "Partially Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts": Public Art Funding and the Institutionalization of Performance

Conclusion

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781032637686
ISBN-10: 1032637684
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Beisswanger, Lisa
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Lisa Beisswanger
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.03.2026
Gewicht: 0,515 kg
Artikel-ID: 134602931