Performing the East
Subtitle: Performance Art in Russia, Latvia and Poland since 1980
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781848859487
Subjects: Performance art; Art, european
Description: Performance art in Western Europe and North America developed in part as a response to the commercialisation of the art object, as artists endeavoured to create works of art that could not be bought or sold. But what are the roots of performance art in Eastern Europe and Russia, where there was no real art market to speak of? While many artworks created in the 'East' may resemble Western performance art practices, their origins, as well as their meaning and significance, is decidedly different. By placing specific performances from Russia, Latvia and Poland from the late- and post-communist pe.