Performing for the camera
By: edited by Simon Baker and Fiontán Moran ; with an essay by Jonah Westerman
Contributors: Tate Modern (Gallery)
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781849764001
Subjects: Art and photography; Artistic Photography; Exhibitions
Description: Performing for the camera examines how the photograph has both documented and developed our understanding of performance since the invention of the photographic medium. It engages with both the serious business of art and performance and the humour and improvisation of posing for the camera. Featuring many of the most compelling and experimental photographers in history, it explores the works by artists such as Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Nadar, Merce Cunningham, Charles Ray, Boris Mikhailov, Samuel Fosso, Cindy Sherman, Keith Arnatt and Masahisa Fukase. Edited by curator Simon Baker, this book provides fresh insight into the inter-relationship between performance and photography. With over 300 illustrations, this is the definitive publication on two of the most popular and intriguing art forms of our time.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition: Performing for the Camera, held at Tate Modern, London, February 18-June 12, 2016.

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