A Bigger Splash: Painting After Performance
The exhibition took a new look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting since 1950. Contrasting key paintings by Jackson Pollock and David Hockney, the exhibition considered two different approaches to the idea of the canvas as an arena in which to act: one gestural, the other one theatrical. The paintings of the Vienna Actionists or the Shooting Pictures of Niki de St Phalle were re-presented within the performance context that they were made, and juxtaposed with works by artists such as Cindy Sherman or Jack Smith that used the face and body as a surface, often using make-up in work dealing with gender role-play. The exhibition proposed a new way of looking at the work of a number of younger artists whose approach to painting was energised by these diverse historical sources, drawing upon action painting, drag and the idea of the stage set.
Details
Abstract expressionism, Viennese Actionism, Painting, Performance, Sexuality, Body
Wood Catherine (Article author), Roelstraete Dieter (Article author), Maidment Isabella (Article author), Moran Fiontán (Article author), Čufer Eda (Article author)
Nauman Bruce, Mendieta Ana, Klein Yves, Arakawa Ei, Ontani Luigi, Cardoso Ivan, Kren Kurt, Woisnitza Karla, Smith Jack, Brisley Stuart, Jonas Joan, Chaimowicz Marc Camille, Antin Eleanor, Brătescu Geta, Nitsch Hermann, Brus Günter, Hockney David, Koether Jutta, Saint Phalle Niki de, Pollock Paul Jackson, Sherman Cindy, Kusama Yayoi, IRWIN
London
2010
128 pages
9781849760201
Available on request
Yes
Yes
709.042 Woo
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