Performance art
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Performance art is a live, often experimental artistic practice in which the artist’s actions, body, and presence become the primary medium, typically unfolding in real time before an audience.
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic genre
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contemporary art practice ⓘ interdisciplinary art form ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
conventional dance
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static visual art ⓘ traditional theatre ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
performance scores
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photography ⓘ textual description ⓘ video ⓘ |
| emergedFrom |
Body art
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Conceptual art ⓘ Dada NERFINISHED ⓘ Fluxus NERFINISHED ⓘ Futurism NERFINISHED ⓘ Happenings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
audience-centered
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concept-driven ⓘ ephemeral ⓘ live ⓘ non-repeatable (often) ⓘ often experimental ⓘ process-oriented ⓘ site-specific (sometimes) ⓘ time-based ⓘ |
| hasNotablePractitioner |
Allan Kaprow
NERFINISHED
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Ana Mendieta NERFINISHED ⓘ Carolee Schneemann NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Burden NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Beuys NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurie Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Marina Abramović NERFINISHED ⓘ Tehching Hsieh NERFINISHED ⓘ Vito Acconci NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoko Ono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involves |
documentation through video or photography
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improvisation (often) ⓘ interaction with audience ⓘ real-time actions ⓘ risk or endurance (sometimes) ⓘ use of everyday gestures ⓘ use of ritualized actions ⓘ |
| oftenAddresses |
gender
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identity ⓘ institutional critique ⓘ politics ⓘ race ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| performedAt |
alternative art spaces
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galleries ⓘ museums ⓘ public spaces ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
body art
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conceptual art ⓘ dance ⓘ happening ⓘ live art ⓘ music ⓘ theatre ⓘ video art ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| requires | presence of an audience (usually) ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
artist’s body
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artist’s presence ⓘ live action ⓘ space ⓘ time ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.