Performance art; Video recording; Film stills; Men; Artists; Backs (Anatomy); Dance; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Geometry
"Carried out for the camera alone, Nauman's performances of the late 1960s often dealt with the artist's confinement in his studio. This was ironic given that elsewhere art was shrugging off its traditional solipsism and taking to the streets....
"Rachel Whiteread's House revived a taste for outrage previously brought to the fore in Britain by the Tate Bricks saga. Before its completion in October 1993 it had attracted little press interest. In November of that year, however, a...
Sculpture; Electric signs; Electric lighting; Lighting; Lamps; Light bulbs; Names; Artists' signatures; Language; Anamorphic images
"This relates to another work of 1968, My Name As Though It Were Written on the Surface of the Moon, also in neon. The latter, slightly more legibly, reads: 'bbbbbbrrrrrruuuuuucccccceeeeee'. It has been suggested that it may have been a...
Performance art; Video recording; Motion pictures; Film stills; Myths; Fairy tales; Allusions; Artificial limbs; Artists; Women; Hairstyles; Posing; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Walls; Windows
Film still from recorded performance. "Rebecca Horn's early performances involved her strapping surreal prostheses to her body or wearing elaborate costumes. The allusions to fairy tale and myth were unmistakable but rarely specific. Since...
