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Article: Performance artist Grigsby mesmerizes
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 23, 1988
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Terminal Madness
Performance artist James Grigsby presented by Live Bait Theatre,
3912 N. Clark, 871-1212, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Through
Oct. 15.
Like most performance artists, James Grigsby's subject matter
sounds numbingly abstract on paper. "Terminal Madness," his new solo
show, which opened last weekend at the new Live Bait Theatre, is
about relationships, we are told. It also is about a quest for
answers in a complex world. Not exactly new and exciting concepts.
But one of Grigsby's greatest talents is the way he approaches
abstract issues through concrete images and situations. With his
actor's voice, dancer's body and great word skills, Grigsby takes a
witty, ...