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performance art

noun

  1. a collaborative art form originating in the 1970s as a fusion of several artistic media, as painting, film, video, music, drama, and dance, and deriving in part from the 1960s performance happenings.


performance art

noun

  1. a theatrical presentation that incorporates various art forms, such as dance, sculpture, music, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of performance art1

First recorded in 1970–75
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There were performance art elements from other vendors.

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Was it performance art, or an act of resistance, or an ingenious stunt?

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With their guerilla approach to performance art, Asco founders Harry Gamboa Jr., Glugio “Gronk” Nicandro, Willie Herrón and Patssi Valdez built a legacy around expanding the possibilities for Chicanos in the art world.

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“Sizwe Bansi Is Dead” and “The Island” have the propulsive energy of performance art, registering their shocks to the audience through compression and raw theatricality.

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It’s also half joke, half ongoing performance art by its founder and supreme leader.

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