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Article: The return of the body: Performance art and art education
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- Art Education
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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CopyrightCopyright National Art Education Association Jan 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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"A performanceshould be as thin as an onion skin. An audience should see through you," observed Juliette Binoche, an actress who received accolades for her role as the French-Canadian nurse in The English Patient Cerio, 1996, p. 122). If you peel an onion you plummet its depths-each layer more transparent than the next, each layer revealing its core.
Like the subtle unraveling of an onion, defining performance art can be equally complex. Performance art is described by art historian Goldberg as "live art by artists" (1988, p.7. While this description is accurate, understanding performance art requires an exploration of its multidimensional nature to provide a more complete picture. ...