Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
One of the pioneers of performance and multimedia work, constantly cited as key to the burgeoning postwar genres now considered standard fare in art galleries and museums, Robert Whitman's work of the 1960s and 70s has long been inaccessible because of its ephemeral nature. This publication and the exhibition it accompanies are the first to reexamine his seminal early work, begun under the influence of Allan Kaprow in the late 50s. Early performances, in conjunction with fellow artists Jim Dine and Claes Oldenburg, 60s-era multimedia projections, and such landmark exhibitions as Art & Technology and Pavillion (E.A.T.) were to follow. An incisive volume for artists and scholars interested in the major movements of the 60s and 70s, including happenings, performance, theater, pop art, multimedia installation work, and interdisciplinary collaboration.