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Performance art is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. This article lists notable performance artists.
Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through ...
Michael Portnoy (born August 2, 1971) is an American visual artist, filmmaker, choreographer and performance artist. He calls himself a "Director of Behavior". He has been described in Art in America as "one of the most interesting performance artists anywhere", [1] and by Artforum as "the great Absurdist". [2]
Pages in category "American performance artists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 525 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Marina Abramović Institute (MAI) is a performance art organization with a focus on performance, works of long duration, and the use of the "Abramovic Method". [85] In its early phases, it was a proposed multi-functional museum space in Hudson, New York. [86] Abramović purchased the site for the institute in 2007. [87]
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, [2] [3] musician and filmmaker whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. [3] Initially trained in violin and sculpting, [ 4 ] Anderson pursued a variety of performance art projects in New York City during the 1970s, focusing ...
Martine Gutierrez also known by moniker Martine [1] (born Martín Gutierrez, [2] [3] April 16, 1989) [4] is an American visual and performance artist. Her work focuses on identity, and how perception of self is formed, expressed, and perceived.
Karen Finley (born 1956) is an American performance artist, musician, poet, and educator. [1] The case, National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley (1998), argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, was decided against Finley and the other artists. [2] Her performance art, recordings, and books are used as forms of activism.