Performing for the camera / edited by Simon Baker and Fiontán Moran ; with an essay by Jonah Westerman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Simon, 1972- editor.

Moran, Fiontán, editor.

Westerman, Jonah, writer of supplementary textual content.

Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography, Artistic--20th century--Exhibitions.

Photography, Artistic.

Photography, Artistic--21st century--Exhibitions.

Art and photography--Exhibitions.

Art and photography.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Tate Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

Performing for the camera' examines how the photograph has both documented and developed our understanding of performance since the invention of the photographic medium. It engages with both the serious business of art and performance and the humour and improvisation of posing for the camera. Featuring many of the most compelling and experimental photographers in history, it explores the works by artists such as Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Nadar, Merce Cunningham, Charles Ray, Boris Mikhailov, Samuel Fosso, Cindy Sherman, Keith Arnatt and Masahisa Fukase. Edited by curator Simon Baker, this book provides fresh insight into the inter-relationship between performance and photography. With over 300 illustrations, this is the definitive publication on two of the most popular and intriguing art forms of our time. Exhibition: Tate Modern, London, UK (18.02-12.06.2016).

Contents:

Performing for the camera / Simon Baker

Documenting performance

Staging/collaboration

Photographic actions

Performing icons

Public relations

Self/portrait

Performing real life

Between you and me: photographs of performance by Shunk-Kender 1960-1977 / Fiontán Moran

Original sin: performance, photography and self-knowledge / Jonah Westerman.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Performing for the Camera, held at Tate Modern, London, February 18-June 12, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-239).

ISBN:

9781849764001

184976400X

OCLC:

944388759