It's Not Personal

Post 60s Body Art and Performance

Susan Best (Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia)

$46.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Bloomsbury Academic
15 July 2021

History of Art & Design Styles; Performance art; Philosophy; Philosophy: aesthetics; The self, ego, identity, personality

How does something as potent and evocative as the body become a relatively neutral artistic material? From the 1960s, much body art and performance conformed to the anti-expressive ethos of minimalism and conceptualism, whilst still using the compelling human form. But how is this strange mismatch of vigour and impersonality able to transform the body into an expressive medium for visual art?

Focusing on renowned artists such as Lygia Clark, Marina Abramovic and Angelica Mesiti, Susan Best examines how bodies are configured in late modern and contemporary art. She identifies three main ways in which they are used as material and argues that these formulations allow for the exposure of pressing social and psychological issues. In skilfully aligning this new typology for body art and performance with critical theory, she raises questions pertaining to gender, inter-subjectivity, relation and community that continue to dominate both our artistic and cultural conversation.

By: Susan Best (Queensland College of Art Griffith University Australia)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 276g
ISBN: 9781350144149
ISBN 10: 1350144142
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 July 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. ‘Utterly free of human associations’: Impersonality in late-modern and contemporary art 3. Presence and absence: Singularity 4. Intimacy with Strangers: The Couple 5. Cohesion and Alienation: Collective body 6. Conclusion

Susan Best is Professor of Art Theory and Fine Art at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. She is the author of Visualizing Feeling: Affect and the Feminine Avant-garde and Reparative Aesthetics: Witnessing in Contemporary Art Photography (Bloomsbury, 2016).

Reviews for It's Not Personal: Post 60s Body Art and Performance

The structure of the book is beautifully simple, an elegant mirroring of her subject, with chapters revolving around works of art comprising one, two or three or more bodies ... While It’s Not Personal: Post 60s Body Art and Performance is relatively concise, its selection of works (ostensibly) subjective, and largely Australian, Western European and North American in origin, there is an enormous amount in it to be considered and digested. Known for the intelligence and sensitivity of her prior work, Best’s new book is no exception. * Art Monthly *