Performance Art



Performance Art. Body art, performance, "Aktionism", Happenings: these are all names for the many late 20th century art forms that have used the artist's own body as the subject and object of the artwork itself. Whether acting out the gestures of painting (Jackson Pollock, Yves Klein, the Gutai group); voguing for the camera (Hannah Wilke, Mariko Mori); subjecting oneself to acts of violence (Chris Burden, Gunter Brus, Gina Pane); displaying acts of athletic prowess and courage (Matthew Barney, Marina Abramovic); or even masturbating under the gallery floor (Vito Acconci), artists since the late 1950s have increasingly used their bodies to subvert, shock and politicise contemporary art.

Performance Art artists:



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Oliver Kochta
Jumana Emil Abboud
Lida Abdul
Marina Abramovic
Bas Jan Ader
Nelly Agassi
Vyacheslav Akhunov
Pilar Albarracin
Jonathan Allen
Helena Almeida
Narda Alvarado
Carlos Amorales
William Anastasi
Laurie Anderson
David Antin
Eleanor Antin
Janine Antoni
Shusaku Arakawa
Stelios Arcadion
Ben Armagnac
Keith Arnatt
Gustavo Artigas
David Askevold
Mireille Astore
Charles Atlas
Yason Banal
Otmar Bauer
Vanessa Beecroft
Matei Bejenaru
Rebecca Belmore
Justin Bennett
Sokol Beqiri
Semiha Berksoy
Tobias Bernstrup
Gabriela Bertiller
Jaap Blonk
John Bock
Cezary Bodzianowski
Miguel Bonneville
Kate Bornstein
Leigh Bowery
Stuart Brisley
Gao Brothers
Tania Bruguera
Gunter Brus
Lee Bul
Chris Burden
James Lee Byars
JJ XI & Cai Yuan
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons





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