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Article: The performance of distance and the art of catharsis: performance art, artists, and audience response.(Art and Catharsis)
- Article from:
- Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society
- Article date:
- March 22, 1997
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Performance art (Felshin 1995; Goldberg 1977) is a form of artistic expression that employs both conventional and unconventional theatrical and artistic techniques to convey meaning that lies outside of both traditional art and theater worlds. Derived from surrealist theater, happenings, life/art and feminist conceptual art, performance art has historically been anti-entertainment, anti-institutional, and noncommodifiable.
Performance art is art making that uses the body as medium, makes ambiguous the difference between life and art, and often deals with explicit. identity-based, political content that crosses boundaries between audience and artist. When using ...