Synopses & Reviews
Review
andldquo;Art as Life is an invaluable reference tool for anyone interested in Kaprow.andrdquo;andmdash;Rain Taxiand#160;
Review
andldquo;Annette Leddy has done a remarkable job of creating much more than a timeline, but an intimate picture of a life including drawings, paintings, collages, sculptures, assemblages, scores, environments, Happenings, Activities, Activity Booklets, Video and Films with a wonderful assortment of images from the Archives that makes Kaprowandrsquo;s life fly off the pages.andrdquo;andmdash;Umbrellaand#160;
Review
andldquo;Fascinating, dynamic, and edgy best describe this captivating work about the life and career of multidimensional artist Allan Kaprow.andrdquo;andmdash;Library Journal
Review
andldquo;An important addition to books on contemporary art.andrdquo;andmdash;Calgary Herald
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Review
andldquo;An impressive trove of art resistant to archiving, art that seeks to abolish art objects by leaving no artwork behind after a performance.andrdquo;andmdash;Wilson Quarterly
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andldquo;Recommended.andrdquo;andmdash;Choice
Synopsis
and#160;A self-described andldquo;un-artist,andrdquo; Allan Kaprow championed an artistic practice that moved art out of the museum and into the everyday. His works insistently blurred the boundaries between art and life, requiring active participation rather than passive spectatorship, interactive collaboration rather than solitary creation.and#160;This richly illustrated volume documents five decades of Kaprow's life and work. Its six essays range across his shifts from painter to environmental artist to the inventor of the Happening and the Activity, while its extensive chronology features scores, letters, posters, photographs, and clippings, most drawn from the Allan Kaprow Papers held by the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute. Though the forms Kaprow largely invented have lost their shock value and were meant in most cases to be ephemeral, in fact they live on, captured in scores and other surviving documentation, still stretching the boundaries of art in the modern world.and#160;and#160;
Synopsis
A self-described "un-artist," Allan Kaprow championed an artistic practice that moved art out of the museum and into the everyday. His works insistently blurred the boundaries between art and life, requiring active participation rather than passive spectatorship, interactive collaboration rather than solitary creation.
This richly illustrated volume documents five decades of Kaprow's life and work. Its six essays range across his shifts from painter to environmental artist to the inventor of the Happening and the Activity, while its extensive chronology features scores, letters, posters, photographs, and clippings, most drawn from the Allan Kaprow Papers held by the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute. Though the forms Kaprow largely invented have lost their shock value and were meant in most cases to be ephemeral, in fact they live on, captured in scores and other surviving documentation, still stretching the boundaries of art in the modern world.
Allan Kaprow--Art as Life is being published to coincide with a retrospective of the artist's work at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, on view from March 23 through June 30, 2008.
Synopsis
This richly illustrated volume documents five decades of Kaprow's life and work. Its six essays range across his shifts from painter to environmental artist to the inventor of the Happening and the Activity, while its extensive chronology features scores, letters, posters, photographs, and clippings, most drawn from the Allan Kaprow Papers held by the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute. Though the forms Kaprow largely invented have lost their shock value and were meant in most cases to be ephemeral, in fact they live on, captured in scores and other surviving documentation, still stretching the boundaries of art in the modern world.
About the Author
Eva Meyer-Hermann is an independent curator based in Cologne, Germany. Andrew Perchuk is an assistant director for Contemporary Programs and Research at the Getty Research Institute. Stephanie Rosenthal is a curator at the Haus der Kunst, Munich.