A feast of astonishments
Subtitle: Charlotte Moorman and the avant-garde, 1960s-1980s
By: edited by Lisa Graziose Corrin and Corinne Granof
Contributors: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art; Grey Art Gallery; MdM Salzburg
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780810133273
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Cellists; Criticism and interpretation; Exhibitions; Performance artists
Other titles: Charlotte Moorman and the avant-garde, 1960s-1980s
Description: Charlotte Moorman was a bold, barrier-breaking musician and performance artist and a tireless champion of experimental art, whose avant-garde festivals in New York City brought new art forms to a broad public. To date, recognition of Moorman has been limited mostly to her collaborations with other artists. A feast of astonishments looks deeper to portray Moorman as a leading international figure in her own right.
Notes: Exhibition catalogue.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'A feast of astonishments: Charlotte Moorman and the avant-garde, 1960s-1980s,' Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, January 16-July 17, 2016; Grey Art Gallery, New York University, September 8-December 10, 2016; Museum der Moderne Salzburg, March 4-June 18, 2017.

Includes bibliographic references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: "In times like this . . ." : Moorman's art in context  -- Corinne Granof; title: Charlotte Moorman's experimental performance practice  -- Ryan Dohoney; title: Beyond the score : Charlotte Moorman and John Cage's 26'1.1499" for a string player  -- Jason Rosenholtz-Witt; title: Messy bodies and frilly valentines : Charlotte Moorman's Opera sextronique  -- Laura Wertheim Joseph; title: Live art in the eternal network : the annual New York Avant-Garde Festivals  -- Hannah B Higgins; title: Festival posters : introduction  -- by Joan Rothfuss; title: Noise bodies and noisy women : a conversation with Carolee Schneemann  -- Lisa G. Corrin; title: Sky kiss  -- Joan Rothfuss; title: I love Germany and Germany loves me : Charlotte Moorman and the transatlantic avant-garde  -- Rachel Jans; title: Bomb-paper-ice : Charlotte Moorman and the metaphysics of extension  -- Kathy O'Dell; title: "Necessity's other" : Charlotte Moorman and the plasticity of denial and consent  -- Kristine Stiles; title: "Don't throw anything out" : Charlotte Moorman's archive -- Scott Krafft.