I with the Futurists, but did not develop until the Dada movement in the 1920s. Their product was shocking and unconventional, while their means drew from a deeper conscience and new idea of expression. The Surrealists continued to experiment with performance as a medium, but performance art did not gain full recognition and popularity in the art world until the 1960s and emergence of conceptual art. Unlike earlier performance art, Kaprow engaged his viewers to be more than observers, and become full participants in the performance.
Performance art continues to be a popular medium of expression.
1919 Click on the image to learn more about the Dada Movement. The art world continually experiments with new venues. This new form pushes the boundaries of video and computer art and sophisticates the explorations made by artists in the seventies and eighties. In the early nineties, Martha Wilson, founder and director of the New York based performance gallery, Franklin Furnace , wanted to televise controversial performance pieces showcased by a collection of unorthodox artists. Wilson met opposition by television broadcasting companies because of legal censorship involved with the television medium.