Body Art: The Body As Language

When The Body As Language (Bodyart And Performance) Appeared In 1974, It Was Immediately A Huge Publishing Hit, Reviewed By Some Of The Most Influential Art Historians And Writers (Giulio C. Argan, Edoardo Sanguineti, Max Kozloff, Lucy Lippard, Franois Pluchart, Peter Gorsen, Evelyn Weiss And Many Others). A Direct Testimony Of The Birth And Development Of One Of The Most Controversial Art Trends, Lea Vergine'S Book Avails Of A Series Of Texts By The Artists Themselves, Whom The Author Had Asked To Contribute With A Statement About The Illustrations Of Their Work. Featuring A Thorough Documentation Of Original Photographs And Film Photograms, Videotapes, Happenings, Actions And Performances, The Book Analyses The Evolution Of This Phenomenon Through The Works Of Sixty Artists, Including Gina Pane, Gilbert & George, Urs Lthi And Katharina Sieverding, Rebecca Horn, Trisha Brown, Gnter Brus And Many Others Who Have Worked With And On The Body.In An Absolutely Unusual Publishing Event, Nearly Thirty Years After The First Edition, The Textby Now A Classicis Republished With All The Original Photographic Material. The Volume Is Enhanced And Brought Uptodate By An Afterword By Lea Vergine, Who Observes The Changes Of Body Art Throughout The Nineties: Orlan, Stelarc, Ron Athey, Franko B., Yasumasa Morimura, Jana Sterbak, Matthew Barney Are Virtuosos Of Disorder And Hungry For Afflictions Of Any And Every Kind, Mysticslike Persons Who Display The Subjection Of Their Bodies To Cruel And Invasive Devices, Or Who Revel In Virtual Fantasies Of Such Selfinflicted Painsdestroy Themselves In Order Newly To Find Themselves. . . . They Finally Pay A Visit To The World Of The Saints And Victims, Exploring And Prolonging Its Seductions.When The Body As Language (Bodyart And Performance) Appeared In 1974, It Was Immediately A Huge Publishing Hit, Reviewed By Some Of The Most Influential Art Historians And Writers (Giulio C. Argan, Edoardo Sanguineti, Max Kozloff, Lucy Lippard, Franois Pluchart, Peter Gorsen, Evelyn Weiss And Many Others). A Direct Testimony Of The Birth And Development Of One Of The Most Controversial Art Trends, Lea Vergine'S Book Avails Of A Series Of Texts By The Artists Themselves, Whom The Author Had Asked To Contribute With A Statement About The Illustrations Of Their Work. Featuring A Thorough Documentation Of Original Photographs And Film Photograms, Videotapes, Happenings, Actions And Performances, The Book Analyses The Evolution Of This Phenomenon Through The Works Of Sixty Artists, Including Gina Pane, Gilbert & George, Urs Lthi And Katharina Sieverding, Rebecca Horn, Trisha Brown, Gnter Brus And Many Others Who Have Worked With And On The Body.In An Absolutely Unusual Publishing Event, Nearly Thirty Years After The First Edition, The Textby Now A Classicis Republished With All The Original Photographic Material. The Volume Is Enhanced And Brought Uptodate By An Afterword By Lea Vergine, Who Observes The Changes Of Body Art Throughout The Nineties: Orlan, Stelarc, Ron Athey, Franko B., Yasumasa Morimura, Jana Sterbak, Matthew Barney Are Virtuosos Of Disorder And Hungry For Afflictions Of Any And Every Kind, Mysticslike Persons Who Display The Subjection Of Their Bodies To Cruel And Invasive Devices, Or Who Revel In Virtual Fantasies Of Such Selfinflicted Painsdestroy Themselves In Order Newly To Find Themselves. . . . They Finally Pay A Visit To The World Of The Saints And Victims, Exploring And Prolonging Its Seductions.