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Behavior Fields - Transaction Arenas - Training Grounds - Maneuver Positions: Notes on the Development of a Show (Sonnabend, New York; January 15-29, 1972), Notes Toward Performing a Gallery Space

Vito AcconciWW-1973-M128030

1973·Oblong quarto; texts and diagrams reproduced from the artist's sketches and handwriting, printed in red and black on brown paper; 79 original black and white photographs tipped in throughout, typescript texts on 8 slips on white paper mounted; printed wrappers·book, closed: 6 × 12 × 5/16" (15.2 × 30.5 × 0.8 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1973
Medium: Oblong quarto; texts and diagrams reproduced from the artist's sketches and handwriting, printed in red and black on brown paper; 79 original black and white photographs tipped in throughout, typescript texts on 8 slips on white paper mounted; printed wrappers
Dimensions: book, closed: 6 × 12 × 5/16" (15.2 × 30.5 × 0.8 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Vito Acconci

Artist

Vito Acconci

Installation

Vito Acconci was an American performance, video and installation artist, whose diverse practice eventually included sculpture, architectural design, and landscape design. His performance and video art was characterized by "existential unease," exhibitionism, discomfort, transgression and provocation, as well as wit and audacity, and often involved crossing boundaries such as public–private, consensual–nonconsensual, and real world–art world. His work is considered to have influenced artists including Laurie Anderson, Karen Finley, Bruce Nauman, and Tracey Emin, among others.

New York, NY, USA

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