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See the complete profile on linkedin and discover amy s connections and jobs at similar companies. Her area of specialization is contemporary art from eastern europe and. Chopped earlobes and the long history of political shock art in russia. The product of ten years of dedicated research into specific explicit bodies produced in russia, latvia and poland. Aug 28, 2015 amy bryzgel, conversation, 1,100 words books reading by the soft glow of your phone smartphones are overtaking kindles and tablets as the most popular way to read digital books. Despite the many publications on east, central, and southeast european nonconformist art in recent years, amy bryzgels performing the east 20 and antipolitics in central european art. This volume presents the first comprehensive academic study of the history and development of performance art in the former communist countries of central, eastern and south eastern europe since the 1960s. We caught up with dr amy bryzgel, author of performance art in eastern europe since 1960 to find out what is on her reading list, ahead of her book launch tonight. It will also be of interest to those in slavic studies, art history and visual culture. Amy browns most popular book is the art of amy brown. Amy bryzgels performing the east addresses the specificities of eastern performance art in relation to the sociopolitical transformations accompanying the protracted transition to postsocialism. Bryzgels was the first comprehensive monograph in english on performance art in the region, while. Often, the first suggestion of the book format combined with the work of a visual artist is credited to france in the 1890s.
As the proud owner of amys art i can tell you that her sketch of our son for his high school graduation is a family heirloom that will be treasured forever. Having studied this text at university, however, i would strongly recommend following up goldbergs book with the work by dr amy bryzgel, who has written 2 books to date about the. She teaches courses on performance art and postmodern art, with a focus on artists from eastern europe, along with a course on modern and contemporary russian art. View amy bryzgel s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. By highlighting an instance in which documentatio n functioned as a substitute for presence, bryzgel weighs in on art historic al debates regarding the relationship between live art and photography. Amy bryzgel is senior lecturer in film and visual culture at the university of aberdeen. This movement has received little critical attention, however, as the iron curtain prevented its dissemination to an international audience. Performance art in russia, latvia and poland since 1980 by amy bryzgel 20, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. In this artist practice focused on the late mladen stilinovic 19472016, art historian amy bryzgel highlights four of his artist books.
She applied the page 99 test to her new book, performance art in eastern europe since 1960, and. Its wide swathe of information illustrates the variety and intrigue of performance art in the cold war east and will surely entice many curious onlookers to storm the field. Visual forms of art include disciplines such as architecture, sculpture, film. May 30, 20 amy bryzgel s performing the east charts new territory in a great many ways. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Covering 21 countries and more than 250 artists, this text demonstrates the manner in which performance art in the region developed concurrently with the genre in the west, highlighting the. Visual forms of art include disciplines such as architecture, sculpture, film, photography, painting, graphic art, video art, computer art and animation.
Part of the moma librarys collection, they previously were featured in the 2012 exhibition scenes from zagreb. Amy brown has 52 books on goodreads with 23143 ratings. Apr 18, 2017 in this artist practice focused on the late mladen stilinovic 19472016, art historian amy bryzgel highlights four of his artist books. The zimmerli art museum also published a survey book of its collection, entitled from gulag to glasnost.
Bryzgel s text will interest especially those invested in the rapidly expanding field of central and eastern european art history and cold war cultural studies. A university of aberdeen academic has published a new book dedicated to an art form previously excluded from the history books. Posted on july 16, 2018 by amy bryzgel leave a comment it may be summer, and the campus may be relatively empty, students far away, lecturers off doing research, but we here at the gww are hard at work, and there are a lot of exciting things brewing over the summersome already launched and others to look out for in the coming academic. Performance art in eastern europe since 1960 is an important contribution to the study of eastern european art and will be instructive to those interested in eastern european studies, art history, and performance art. Amy bryzgel performance art in the global flow of cultural goods.
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Performance art in russia, latvia and poland since 1980. A student of art history, schmidt had a frontrow seat to the fluxus activities of the time and was even married to tomas schmidt. Amy bryzgel performance art in western europe and north america developed in part as a response to the commercialisation of the art object, as artists endeavoured to create works of art that could not be bought. May 04, 2017 history of art new books performance art book launch of performance art in eastern europe since 1960 posted on may 4, 2017 by amy bryzgel leave a comment. Artist books by mladen stilinovic post museum of modern art. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the. Jan 08, 2019 while blake seems a key figure in the history of contemporary artists books, he is sometimes overlooked in critical or historical commentary on the book arts. Nonobedient art in socialism and postsocialism oxford. May 11, 2017 a university of aberdeen academic has published a new book dedicated to an art form previously excluded from the history books.
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